Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the European social charter. In 1950, the members of the Council of Europe took the first steps for the collective enforcement of certain civil and political rights by the adoption of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The European Social Charter, whose drafting started immediately after the entry into force of the European Convention in September 1953, is meant to be its counterpart in the area of the social and economic rights. The preparatory work was influenced by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly and the ILO, culminating in a tripartite conference convened in Strasbourg in 1958. The Charter was signed in Turin on October 18, 1961 and entered into force on February 26, 1965 upon five ratifications: the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Ireland and the Federal Republic of Germany. It has since been ratified by Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Austria, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, and Spain.
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