EIGE's Director, Carlien Sheele, and EIGE's Research and Statistics Team Leader, Jolanta Reingarde, join the High-Level Conference on the European Social Charter in Vilnius, held under the Lithuanian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers, as a follow-up to the Fourth Summit of the Council of Europe.
The conference aims to discuss social rights, and it brings together ministers, high-level officials involved in social rights and social policy, and representatives from European and international entities. This includes the European Commission, the European Court of Human Rights, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the International Labour Organization (ILO). In addition, civil society, social partners, academia, National Human Rights Institutions and Equality Bodies networks participate in the discussion.