The Kamberaj Case and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

By Dr. Padraic Kenna , Housing Rights Watch and National University of Ireland, Galway
padraic.kenna@nuigalway.ie

Case 571/10. Servet Kamberaj v Istituto per l’Edilizia sociale della Provincia autonoma di Bolzano (IPES) and Others.
Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunale di Bolzano - Italy.
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 24 April 2012.
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-571/10

Introduction
Since the creation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
(CFR) in 2000, housing rights advocates have looked to
EU law to legal definitions of minimum housing standards
and State obligations. Although only “solemnly proclaimed”
initially, Article 34(3) of the Charter states:

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