European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
Find out more about our upcoming events at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/upcoming-events
Here you can find news and information about the EESC'swork, including its social media accounts, the EESC Info newsletter, photo galleries and videos.
Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
EU se mora boriti proti vsem oblikam prisilnega dela in postati vodilna na svetu na področju človekovih pravic, je stališče, ki ga je EESO izrazil v mnenju, sprejetem na januarskem plenarnem zasedanju.
V mnenju Prepoved proizvodov, proizvedenih s prisilnim delom, ki ga je pripravil Thomas Wagnsonner, EESO podpira predlog Evropske komisije o prepovedi proizvodov, proizvedenih s prisilnim delom, na trgu Unije in poudarja, da je ključnega pomena, da vse države članice EU ratificirajo Protokol iz leta 2014 h Konvenciji Mednarodne organizacije dela o prisilnem delu iz leta 1930.
EESO poleg tega z zadovoljstvom ugotavlja, da predlog vključuje boj proti prisilnemu delu otrok, in poziva Komisijo, naj ta proces pospeši z vključitvijo obstoječih konvencij MOD o delu otrok iz leta 1930 v področje uporabe navedene uredbe.
G. Wagnsonner je dejal: „Spodbujanje ekonomskih, socialnih, kulturnih in delavskih pravic ter s tem izkoreninjenje vseh oblik prisilnega dela in izkoriščanja je ključnega pomena zlasti za zagotovitev vodilne vloge EU v svetu na področju človekovih pravic in demokracije“.
Da bi preprečili prisilno delo, sta po mnenju EESO pomembna mednarodno sodelovanje in institucionalna umestitev organizirane civilne družbe v novi predlog Komisije, pri čemer bi bile priporočljive smernice za pomoč podjetjem, posebna zbirko podatkov s kazalniki tveganja in sistem primerjalnih analiz. (mp)