EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER
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| CARTA SOCIALE EUROPEA EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER |
Treaty establishing the principles which should govern the social policy of the various European signatory states.
Signed in Turin on October 18, 1961, it was implemented in Italy by Law No. 929 of July 3, 1965.
Its main provisions include a ban on discrimination in matters of social rights and the adoption of regulations on employment protection for minors and working mothers. A new Social Charter was the subject of solemn declarations of principle by the EEC Council of Ministers in December 1989.
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