RT Journal Article
T1 Per i cinquant¿anni della Carta Social Europea
A1 Panzera, Claudio
K1 social rights
K1 European Committee of Social Rights
K1 judicial dialogue
K1 ¿better protection¿ clauses
K1 subsidiarity
AB In times of economic crisis, and even more during recessions, social rights are particularly exposed to a loss of effectiveness. The 50th anniversary of the European Social Charter (1961-2011) represented a special occasion to evaluate the implementation of such rights by national institutions. In this context, the paper addresses the question of the role of the European Committee of Social Rights in strengthening the commitment of the Member States to protect and develop social rights, in accordance to the accepted provisions of the Charter and its Protocols. The essay also suggests that Committee¿s relevant achievements could be further improved by connecting its quasi-judicial activity to the ongoing interactions among other parallel European and national judicial bodies. The ¿better protection¿ clauses, by which European Charters of rights and several national Constitutions open to the respective guarantees (as a reflex of higher common values), offer the ideal ground for a multilevel, subsidiarity-based judicial protection, which may support ¿ although never replace ¿ the necessary legislative enactments and the democratic policy-making process.
PB Centro Euro-Árabe de Estudios Jurídicos Avanzados
SN 2174-6419
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/2307
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/2307
LA es
NO Lex Social: Revista de Derechos Sociales
DS RIO
RD May 22, 2026