The Fundamental Instruments of Social Rights Protection: the European Dimension
The Fundamental Instruments of Social Rights Protection: the European Dimension

Summary/Abstract: It is highlighted in the research the fundamental instruments ensuring and protecting of social rights in Europe. Emphasized that the European Social Charter (revised) 1996 (ESC(r)) is an essential (pivotal) element of European standards, instrument ensuring and protecting social rights, the main source of modern standards of the Council of Europe in the sphere of social and economic rights, updated version, which should gradually replace the European Social Charter 1961 (ESC), as a regional multilateral international treaty, where on the basis of international standards, which are contained in the convention norms of the United Nations and the International Labor Organization, as well as best examples of national legislation of socially oriented states, the European social model was defined, a directory of social rights was determined and obligations of states to implement them were provided. Underlined the importance of the Turin process (Turin 1 and Turin 2) for enhancement of the effectiveness of the ESC/ESC(r), for the improvement of the implementation of European standards in the field of social and economic rights for the development of cooperation in this sphere between the Council of Europe and the European Union.

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