Abstract

The essay focuses on how the distribution of powers and competencies in a composite State is functional to the equal protection of rights, especially social rights. Since equality is a relational concept, the Regions cannot easily identify and remedy inequalities. Indeed, this is the task of the central State, which can trace inequalities in the enjoyment of social rights and try to rebalance the conditions of citizens residing in different territories. The Regions could have a role in remedying inequalities in the enjoyment of rights only in a cooperative regional system in which, through constant interlocution with the central State, they could identify more precise regional needs, knowing their own territory better.