Access to health care for children of illegal immigrants in France
Legal depository - Country: France / Body: European Committee of Social Rights / Year: 2004
Summary: The International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) claimed that France had violated the right to medical assistance (Article 13 of Revised European Social Charter) by ending the exemption given to illegal immigrants, with very low incomes, from expenses for medical and hospital treatment. The complainant alleged the...
Read MoreConditions for receipt of unemployment benefits and other forms of insurance in the Netherlands
Legal depository - Country: Netherlands / Body: European Committee of Social Rights / Year: 2006
Summary: The European Committee of Social Rights reviewed the report of the Dutch government on the levels of social security in The Netherlands and noted that the Unemployment Benefit Act (WW) comprises a short-term benefit (conditions for payment 26 weeks of paid employment during the last 39 weeks), and...
Read MoreRules for adequate unemployment benefits in Denmark
Legal depository - Country: Denmark / Body: European Committee of Social Rights / Year: 2006
Summary: The European Committee of Social Rights reviewed the report submitted by the Danish government on the level of social security in Denmark. Under Article 12, the Committee considered that one of the aims of an unemployment benefit system is to offer unemployed persons adequate protection during at least...
Read MoreAdequate levels of social protection benefits in Hungary
Legal depository - Country: Hungary / Body: European Committee of Social Rights / Year: 2010
Summary: The European Committee of Social Rights assess the adequacy of the benefits provided under the different branches of social security in Hungary in light of Article 12(1) of the European Social Charter. In light with its previous conclusions, notes that social security benefits are adequate when they are...
Read MoreAdequate levels of social protection benefits in Ireland
Legal depository - Country: Ireland / Body: European Committee of Social Rights / Year: 2010
Summary: The European Committee of Social Rights assess the adequacy of the benefits provided under the different branches of social security in Ireland in light of Article 12(1) of the European Social Charter. In light with its previous conclusions, notes that social security benefits are adequate when they are...
Read MoreAdequate levels of social protection benefits in Bulgaria
Legal depository - Country: Bulgaria / Body: European Committee of Social Rights / Year: 2010
Summary: The European Committee of Social Rights notes that a social security system must guarantee an effective right to social security with respect to the benefits provided under each branch (Conclusions XIII-4, General Introduction on Article 12). Moreover, the Committee recalls that Article 12(1) requires social security benefits to...
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