4.1 take measures to implement
the recommendations contained in Assembly
Resolution 1792 (2011) on the monitoring
of commitments concerning social rights, and, in particular, continue
promoting, at European and national level, the signature, ratification
and implementation of the 1991 Protocol amending the European Social
Charter (ETS No. 142, “Turin Protocol”), the Additional Protocol
of 1995 Providing for a System of Collective Complaints (ETS No.
158), and the European Social Charter (revised) of 1996 (ETS No.
163);
4.2 include, as part of parliamentary debates on human rights,
a regular review of the implementation of social rights, ensuring,
in particular, that governments take the appropriate measures to
follow up on the decisions taken by the European Committee of Social
Rights with regard to the implementation of the articles of the
revised European Social Charter;
4.3 regularly scrutinise government policies implementing
the right to health, and keep abreast of new developments to ensure
that scientific progress is respectful of human rights and dignity;
4.4 take the human rights perspective into consideration as
a primary criterion when conducting parliamentary scrutiny of public
policies and deciding on budgets, in particular in the social and
health field;
4.5 ensure parliamentary oversight of the implementation of
international agreements, programmes and budgets that may have an
impact on social rights, in accordance with Assembly
Resolution 1289 (2002)
and
Recommendation 1567 (2002)
on parliamentary scrutiny of international institutions;
4.6 raise awareness amongst parliamentarians and parliamentary
research staff on social rights, including through the provision
of specialised training and general induction courses for newly
elected parliamentarians;
4.7 create an all-party group on the development of human
rights with a view to involving parliamentarians and parliamentary
research staff in discussions on the development of a third generation
of human rights with respect to a healthy, clean and safe environment;
4.8 strengthen interparliamentary co-operation and improve
the exchange of best practices at international level, in particular
by:
4.8.1 improving co-ordination and strengthening co-operation
between members of national parliamentary committees whose actions
may have an impact on the consolidation and development of social
rights at national and European level, including also members of
human rights committees and European affairs committees at the national
level.
4.8.2 improving co-ordination and information exchange on the
implementation of social rights between parliamentarians from the
same country in international forums, including the Parliamentary
Assembly, the European Parliament, the Nordic Council, the Conference
of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the
European Union (COSAC), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and
the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB);
4.8.3 taking an active part in the Council of Europe conference
on the environment, climate change and human rights to be held in
Strasbourg in October 2012, with a view to discussing the development
of a third generation of human rights with respect to a healthy,
clean and safe environment, and to exchanging best practices at
local, regional and national levels;
4.8.4 taking an active part in international campaigns aimed
at the promotion of human rights, including, inter
alia, the network of contact parliamentarians of the
Parliamentary Assembly committed to combating violence against women
and the network of contact parliamentarians of the Council of Europe’s
ONE in FIVE campaign to combat sexual violence against children;
4.8.5 establishing co-operation with COSAC to exchange best
practices in the field of parliamentary scrutiny of government programmes.
