Date of the decision: 4 September 2018
Jurisdiction: United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit
Country: United States
Subject: The case challenged Boise, Idaho’s ban on sleeping in public.
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Martin v. City of Voise. Case: 15-35845 [04.09.2018]
US: Court Says Cities Can’t Criminalize Sleeping Outside Absent Other Housing or Shelter Options
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M. K. v. France (34349/18) [24 July 2018]
Jurisdiction : Council of Europe – European Court of Human Rights
Language: French
Country: France
Subject: A mother sleeping on the street with her three children, asylum seekers, appealed to the administrative court of Toulouse. On 27th June2018, the court ordered the prefecture to provide her and her children with shelter, without delay and under penalty of 200 euros per day in case of delay.
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Joined Cases C-411/10 and C-493/10 of N.S. v United Kingdom and M.E. v Ireland
Date of the decision: December 21, 2011
Jurisdiction: Court of Justice of the European Union
Country: United Kingdom and Ireland
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Hunde v Netherlands (Application 17931/16)
Date of the decision: July 5, 2016
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Court of Human Rights
Country: Netherlands
Subject: Non-admissibility – Article 3 – undocumented migrants – human dignity and core obligations under the ICESCR.
Legal basis:
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M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece (Grand Chamber) (Application no. 30696/09)
Date of the decision: January 21, 2011
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Court of Human Rights
Country: Belgium and Greece
Subject: ECHR – articles 2 and 3 – lack of remedy – Article 13.
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Collective Complaint n° 61/2010 - European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) v. Portugal [30.06.2011]
Date of the ruling (Decision on the merits) : June 30th 2011
Jurisdiction : European Committee of Social Rights
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App. 29217/12 Tarakhel v. Switzerland [04/11/2014]
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Council of Europe Secretary General questions Hungary over human rights implications of migrants "state of emergency"
On September 15th 2015, one more step in the criminalisation of asylum seekers has been taken by the Hungarian government.
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US Government finds criminalisation of homelessness unconstitutional
August 2015 - The US government has declared that it is unconstitutional to pass measures that criminalise the life-sustaining activities of people who are homeless. Thanks in large part to the campaigning and education activities of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (http://www.nlchp.org) at the United Nations, the government has recognised that criminalisation measures including bans on sitting, lying, camping, etc., in fact violate human rights. This is pertinent to EU countries as well, since these measures violate human rights foun
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