European Social Charter

Not to be confused with Social Chapter in EU law.

Members of the 1961 Charter in light green; members of the Revised Charter in dark green; non-member states of the Council of Europe in white

The European Social Charter is a Council of Europe treaty which was opened for signature on 18 October 1961 and initially became effective on 26 February 1965, after West Germany had become the fifth of the 13 signing nations to ratify it. By 1991, 20 nations had ratified it.[1]

  1. ^ Carole Benelhocine, The European Social Charter (Council of Europe, 2012) pp77-78