"On the request of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) addressed this question in two steps. It first drew up an analysis of the legal framework of the Council of Europe for the protection of social rights in Europe (Volume I). On the basis of that analysis, it then identified good practices and made proposals with a view to improving the implementation of social rights in Europe (Volume II). In the present Volume I, the CDDH describes the legal framework of the Council of Europe for the protection of social rights, both by the (revised) European Social Charter and by the European Convention on Human Rights. It then gives an overview over the Council of Europe's further action for social rights taken by the Secretary General, the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of INGOs. Short consideration is also given to actions outside the Council of Europe, taken by the European Union, other international instruments and organisations or international workers and employers' organisations concerning the social rights protected within the Council."

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