Presentation by the GNCHR to students of the LLM in International and European Law of the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (May 2025)

The Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GNCHR) participated on 12 May 2025 in the English-speaking Postgraduate Program (LLM) in International and European Law of the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Dr. Christos Tsevas, GNCHR Human Rights Advisor made a presentation on the topic: “European Social Charter: New Developments, Business and Human Rights”.

The presentation focused on the European Social Charter (ESC), the monitoring mechanism, the competences of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR), the relationship of the ESC with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the ECSR Conclusions on labour rights, the post-2022 changes to the relevant ECSR procedures and the 2024Vilnius Declaration, the ad hoc reporting procedure and the recent ECSR conclusions on the cost of living crisis reports and the Council of Europe framework on developments in the field of “Business and Human Rights”. A discussion was held on emerging challenges in the field of work from a social rights perspective, especially new technologies, artificial intelligence and digitalization, freedom of association and collective bargaining, new forms of employment, work-life balance and protection from all forms of harassment, including sexual harassment in the workplace.