and adopted during the first meeting (19 - 21 April 2017) of the Drafting Group on Social Rights (CDDH-SOC). This Group has been set up by the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH). The aim is to “identify good practices and make, as appropriate, proposals with a view to improving the implementation of social rights and to facilitate, in particular, the relationship between the various European instruments for the protection of social rights” , as mentioned in the mandate received by the CDDH from the Committee of Ministers.
This questionnaire was submitted on 2 May 2017, to the members of the Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter; 31 replies have been collected until the 4th December 2017. It deals with: National implementation of social rights; consideration in national law and policies of international standards of social rights; instruments relating to the European Social Charter and ratifications, and training and awareness-raising actions on social rights.
At its 88th meeting (5-7 December 2017), the CDDH welcomed the important number of replies. The collected information will be presented in the form of a guide or a compilation of good practices, aimed at facilitating exchanges of experience between Member States. |
