Council of Europe: European Committee of Social Rights
The European Social Charter guarantees social and economic human rights. It was adopted in 1961 and revised in 1996. The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) is the body responsible for monitoring compliance in States Parties. The ECSR examines the reports and decides whether or not the situations in the countries concerned are in conformity with the European Social Charter. Its decisions, known as 'conclusions', are published every year. Website: www.coe.int/socialcharter
This decision concerns several violations to the right of unaccompanied foreign minors to social, legal and economic protection in France on several grounds (violations of Article 17§1 of the Charter) due to:
•shortcomings identified in the national shelter, assessment and allocation system of unaccompanied foreign minors;
•delays in appointing an ad hoc guardian for unaccompanied foreign minors;
•the detention of unaccompanied foreign minors in waiting areas and in hotels;
•the use of bone testing to determine the age of unaccompanied foreign minors considered as inappropriate and unreliable;
•a lack of clarity to access an effective remedy for unaccompanied foreign minors;
