When the European Social Charter (ESC) was adopted by the Council of Europe (COE) in 1961, it was envisioned to provide the backbone and framework for the protection of fundamental economic and social rights in Europe. In the spirit of recognizing the indivisibility between civil and political...

Young people entering the job market are in a precarious economic position. Across Europe, and in Belgium in particular, those who wish to enter into the professional world are faced with the de facto mandate that in order to gain experience and build the connections that will enable them to...

The system of collective complaints established by a Protocol to the European Social Charter has now been in force for a decade. The Protocol gives the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR) the competence to examine complaints by social partner organisations and non-governmental...

This study, prepared by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, provides a picture on current developments in the area of social security coordination in the EU. It assesses the functioning of coordination rules in areas targeted by the amendment...