The Authors. List of Abbreviations. General Introduction. Selected Bibliography. Part I. Social Security as a Fundamental Right: The European Social Charter and the Case Law of the ECHR Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Social Security Rights in the European Social Charter. Chapter 3.  ECHR Case Law: The Protection of Procedural Rights and Social Security Benefits. Chapter 4. ECHR Case Law Social Security Rights as a Possession. Chapter 5. Non-discrimination Case Law and Social Security Rights. Part II. The Coordinating Instruments in the Social Security Field Chapter 1. The European Interim Agreements. Chapter 2. The European Convention on Social Security and the Supplementary Agreement for the Application of the European Convention on Social Security – Protocol to the Convention. Chapter 3. The European Convention on Social and Medical Assistance. Chapter 4.  European Agreement Concerning the Provisions of Medical Care and Arrangement for Its Application. Part III. The Standard-Setting Instruments Chapter 1. The European Code of Social Security and Protocol to the European Code of Social Security. Chapter 2. The European Code of Social Security (Revised). Part IV. Other Legal Instruments and Model Provisions Chapter 1. Resolutions/Recommendations. Chapter 2. Model Provisions. Part V. Conferences of European Ministers Responsible for Social Security Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. The First Conference. Chapter 3. The Second Conference. Chapter 4. The Third Conference. Chapter 5. The Fourth Conference. Chapter 6. The Fifth Conference. Chapter 7. The Sixth Conference. Chapter 8. The Seventh Conference. Chapter 9. The Eighth Conference. Index