Amazoncom the european social charter procedural aspects of international law series v 25 9781571050601 harris professor emeritus david books. The european social charter procedural aspects of international law series v 25 harris professor emeritus david amazoncomau books. The european social charter of the council of europe is referred to in the treaty on the functioning of the european union tfeu and the treaty on european union teu as one of the sources inspiring the social objectives of the eu the preamble to the teu also speaks of the member states wish to confirm their attachment to fundamental social rights as defined in the european social . The european social charter set forth by article 4 of the convention is also covered by article 1 of the 1961 charter and revised charter the procedural rights relating to liberty and security to fair trial and to the lawfulness of sanctions covered by articles 5 6 and 7 of the convention are taken into account by article 17 as regards the treatment of young offenders and by article . European social charter revised european social charter collective complaint mechanism the european social charter sets out a number of rights and freedoms and establishes a supervisory mechanism guaranteeing their respect by the states parties the original 1961 charter was revised in 1996 and this revised european social charter came into force in 1999