The Pancyprian Trade Union Equality proceeded with a complaint to the Council of Europe against the Republic of Cyprus, requesting immediate measures for the protection of the elected representatives of the Prison Guards, according to today's announcement.
On 11 June 2026, the Pancyprian Trade Union Equality filed a Collective Complaint against the Republic of Cyprus before the European Committee of Social Rights of the Council of Europe, pursuant to the Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter, for violation of provisions concerning the right to organise, collective bargaining, protection and facilities of workers' representatives, combined with the prohibition of discrimination.
The appeal, with a file of a number of annexes and hundreds of pages, followed the Union's complaint, dated June 8, 2026, to the Trade Union Freedom Committee of the International Labour Organization, with a request for priority examination. Within four days, the case was brought before the two leading international bodies for the protection of trade union and social rights, the statement added.
It is also reported that according to a letter from the Executive Secretary of the European Committee of Social Rights, dated June 15, 2026, the complaint was officially registered on June 11, 2026.
The Commission has given the Republic of Cyprus until 30 July 2026 to submit written observations on both the admissibility and the request for immediate measures itself.
This development confirms that the request for immediate measures is already entering a stage of substantive examination, says the union.
According to the announcement, the Pancyprian Trade Union Equality will exhaust every legal means, national and international, to protect its members and elected representatives.
