By Nicolas Bernard, professor at Saint-Louis University in Brussels
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Is the DALO – France's enforceable right to housing – really enforceable? Commentary on the European Court of Human Rights' judgment on the Tchokontio Happi case
Collective Complaint n° 47/2008 - Defence for Children International (DCI) v. the Netherlands [20.10.2009]
Date of the ruling (Decision on the merits) : October 20th 2009
Jurisdiction : European Committee of Social Rights - Council of Europe
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Collective Complaint n° 15/2003 - European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) v. Greece [08.12.2004]
Date of the ruling (Decision on the merits) : December 8th 2004
Jurisdiction : European Committee of Social Rights - Council of Europe
Legal basis : Article 16 (right for the family to social, legal and economic protection) of the Revised European Social Charter.
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Access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing is mentionned in the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals
On 25 September 2015, the Member States of the United Nations agreed on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The SDGs build on the Millenium Development Goals, the global agenda that pursued from 2000 to 2015, and will guide global action on sustainable development until 2030.
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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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Collective Complaint n° 27/2004 - European Roma Rights Centre (EERC) v. Italy [21.12.2005]
Date of the ruling : December 21st 2015
Jurisdiction : European Committee of Social Rights
Legal basis : Article 31 (right to housing) and Article E (non-discrimination) of the Revised European Social Charter.
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Right to housing : UN Committee on ESCR issues historic recommendations to Spain
International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) News
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The social drama of housing in Spain: diagnosis and possible responses
By Andrea Carrasco López, Lawyer and activist for the housing movement & Germán M. Teruel Lozano, Doctor of Laws, member of RACSE/ANESC
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Illegal to be homeless - The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
Presentation by Tristia Bauman (tbauman@nlchp.org), Senior Attorney, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Washington, D.C.
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Migrants and emergency welfare: explanation of recent European and international case law
Marc Uhry
Head of Mission Europe, Fondation Abbé Pierre
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