Date of the decision: May 20th 2019
Country: Italy
Jurisdiction: European Court of Human Rights
Legal Basis: Interim measure (Rule 39 of the Rules of Court).
Date of the decision: May 20th 2019
Country: Italy
Jurisdiction: European Court of Human Rights
Legal Basis: Interim measure (Rule 39 of the Rules of Court).
Until now, in England and Wales, landlords have been entitled by law to claim their property back and therefore evict their tenants, without providing a reason. These unjustified evictions, with just two months’ notice, are so called Section 21 Evictions as per reference to the Section 21 of the Housing Act of 1988.
The UN Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on the countries it examined during its March 2018 session in Geneva. The findings cover how Spain is doing with regard to implementing the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, detailing positive developments, main areas of concern, and recommendations for action.
The Committee considered the sixth periodic report of Spain and at its 28th meeting, held on March 29, 2018, and adopted the concluding observations that follow:
This article was first published in OpenGlobalRights (Open Democracy)
Date of the decision: September 24, 2012
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Court of Human Rights
Country: Bulgaria
Subject: Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for family life Respect for home Respect for private life) (Conditional); Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient; proportionality test; social housing; eviction; tenancy agreements.
Roma Evictions and Demolition of Roma Houses: A Sustainable Solution for Roma Integration or a Problem of Roma Discrimination in Bulgaria?
Analysis of the legislation regulating the demolition of illegal housing and its implementation in Bulgaria to identify its compliance with the EU legislation on protection from discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin