The Parties accept as the aim of their policy, to be pursued by all appropriate means both national and international in character, the attainment of conditions in which the following rights and principles may be effectively realised:
16. The family as a fundamental unit of society has the right to appropriate social, legal and economic protection to ensure its full development.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
Council of Europe
Document type
Regional treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Year
1996
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
European Social Charter (Revised) (1996), Part I, para. 16.