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European Roma Rights Centre v. Belgium (Collective Complaint No. 185/2019)

The complaint was registered on 12 July 2019. It concerns Article E read in conjunction with 1§2 (the right to work), 11§1 (the right to protection of health), 12§1 (the right to social security), 13§1 (the right to social and medical assistance), 15§3 (the right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration and participation in the life of the community), 16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) and 17 (the right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection).

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Case C-390/18, Airbnb Ireland [19.12.2019]

 

Language : English

Date of the decision: 19 December 2020

Country: Ireland

Jurisdiction: Court of Justice of the European Union

Preliminary ruling

Article 2(a) of Directive 2000/31/EC on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (‘Directive on electronic commerce’)

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Germany’s Tenancy Law Amendment Act Upheld by Federal Constitutional Court

In a decision this past 18th of July, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court ruled against a constitutional complaint alleging that the 2015 Tenancy Law Amendment Act violated certain articles of German Basic Law.

 

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To Luxembourg Instead Of Strasbourg?

 
To Luxembourg Instead Of Strasbourg?
A report on the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the protection of human rights

Warsaw, September 2018

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The French state condemned by the ECHR to accomodate a family under interim measures of article 39

 
TA Toulouse, June 27, 2018, No. 54-035-03D
TA Toulouse, July 18, 2018, No. 54-035-03D
ECHR, application no. 34349/18 c.France, July 24, 2018
 
A mother sleeping on the street with her three children, an asylum seeker appealed to the Administrative court of Toulouse . On June 27, 2018, the court ordered the prefect to provide for her and her children with a shelter, without delay and under penalty of 200 euros per day of delay.
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Expert meeting on strategic litigation on housing rights in Spain

 
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N.T.P. and Others v. France (application no. 68862/13) [24.05.2018]

Date of the decision: 24 of May 2018

Jurisdiction: European Court of Human rights

Country: France

SubjectThe case concerned the accommodation arrangements for a family – comprising a mother and her three young children – while they were waiting to submit their asylum application.

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Factsheet ECHR– Protection of minors

 
Factsheet – Protection of minors
March 2018
 
This factsheet does not bind the Court and is not exhaustive
 
Download here. 
 
 
 
Further readings
See in particular:
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Monitoring Group to follow up ESCR Committee's decision created in Spain

 
In July 2017, the ESCR Commitee, issued a decision stating that Spain had violated the right to housing in a case of tenants' eviction. In its recommendations, the Committee urged Spain to:
 
  • Promote legislative and / or administrative measures by which the judge can evaluate the consequences for tenants of the eviction procedure.
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    Reclaiming the Right to Housing

     
    Juan Carlos Benito Sánchez
     
    PhD Fellow at University of Louvain (Belgium), Visiting Researcher at UCL (UK)
     
    Twitter: @jcbensan
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