The European Social Charter Turns 60: Advancing Economic and Social Rights across Jurisdictions | 11-12 November 2021
The conference will see the participation of speakers from different parts of Europe – from academic researchers to domestic and international judges, treaty body experts namely from the European Committee of Social Rights, and high-level representatives of the Council of Europe. It aims to advance the knowledge of the European Social Charter and to promote academic research on this fundamental human rights treaty.
The recent economic and financial, migratory, and sanitary crises have highlighted the role of the Charter in the protection of economic and social human rights of those most fiercely hit by these crises. The Charter has also gained visibility thanks to its optional mechanism of collective complaints by labour and civil society organizations. As a result, it has increasingly been invoked and applied at domestic and international levels. This pulls the need for analysis of the role of the Charter in a multi-level, cross-jurisdictional system of human rights protection in Europe.
The event targets researchers, interested students and practitioners.
The conference will be held in hybrid mode, both online (via Webex) and in presence (at Campus Luigi Einaudi, in Turin). The working language will be English, except for the final session, which will be in Italian with simultaneous translation into English.