MEAN STREETS: A REPORT ON THE CRIMINALISATION OF HOMELESSNESS IN EUROPE
Coordinated by Guillem Fernàndez Evangelista.
Edited by Samara Jones.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Foreword by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Foreword by Raquel Rolnik, United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, and Maria Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Executive Summary
PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Chapter 1: Applying Human Rights Based Approach to Homelessness - Dr Padraic Kenna and Guillem Fernàndez Evangelista
Chapter 2: Penalization of Homelessness - Guillem Fernàndez Evangelista
PART II: WHAT DOES PENALISING HOMELESSNESS LOOK LIKE?
Chapter 3: Penal visions of homelessness and responsibilization in Belgium – Cory Potts and Lucie Martin
Chapter 4: Criminalisation of homelessness in Poland - Łukasz Browarczyk
Chapter 5: Criminalisation of homelessness in Hungary - Balint Misetics
Chapter 6: Penalisation of Homelessness and access to housing - Marc Uhry, Jamie Burton, Dr Padraic Kenna, Samara Jones, Guillem Fernàndez Evangelista
Chapter 7: Penalisation of Homelessness and prison - Eoin O’Sullivan and Guillem Fernàndez Evangelista
PART III: GOOD PRACTICES
Chapter 8: Prevention, Homelessness Strategies and Housing Rights in Europe - Guillem Fernàndez Evangelista
Chapter 9: Homeless people at the Barcelona Airport. A model of Inter-administration coordination – Carme Fortea Busquets
Chapter 10: Addressing legal needs of homeless people in Sydney, Australia - The Homeless Persons’ Legal Service - Louis Schetzer
Chapter 11: The role of the University in promoting access to legal rights for people living in social exclusion- Antonio Madrid Perez
Chapter 12: Ombudsmen and NGO’s: Defending the rights of homeless people - Quim Arrufat and Guillem Fernàndez Evangelista
Chapter 13: The City is For All from the Human Rights Based Approach - Balint Misetics
Chapter 14: NGO’s, legal services and strategic litigation. Fighting against homelessness from a Human Rights Based Approach, Antonio Madrid Perez and Guillem Fernandez Evangelista
EPILOGUE by Iñaki Rivera Beiras
