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UN Report on older persons and the right to adequate housing

 

The Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Dr. Claudia Mahler, will focus her next report to the General Assembly in 2022 on older persons and the right to adequate housing.

This time FEANTSA/ Housing Rights Watch sent a brief contribution to the submission by AGE Platform Europe. 

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Respecting International Standards on Home Evictions

FEANTSA and Fondation Abbé Pierre´s 7th annual Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe report was launched on Thursday 30th of June. This new report takes a look at the state of evictions in Europe. This legal analysis that follows is from chapter 3 of the report, written by María José Aldanas (FEANTSA) and Sarah Coupechoux (Fondation Abbé Pierre).

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McDonagh v. Clare County Council. Irish Supreme Court [31.01.2022]

Date of the decision: 31 January 2022

Country: Ireland

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Launch of the Shift Directives on The Financialization of Housing

On June 2nd 2022, Leilani Farha, Global Director of The Shift and former UN Rapporteur on the right to housing launched the Shift Directives “From financialized to Human Rights-based housing” in the European Parliament.
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New UN resolution on adequate housing adopted

At its Forty-ninth session, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this

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A. Naser v. Spain (Communication No. 127/2019) [14.03.2022]

Date of the decision: 14 March 2022

Country: Spain

Jurisdiction: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Legal basis: Article 11 (1) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Subject:  Eviction of claimants from their home - Right to adequate housing

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Amnesty report on the impact of Covid-19 restrictions

In May Amnesty International published a new report[1] assessing the impact of pandemic restrictions across the globe: ‘There is no help for our community: The impact of States’ Covid-19 responses on groups affected by unjust criminalization’. The report is based on an online survey of 54 civil society organizations in 28 countries, FEANTSA being one of them.

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The European contribution to the right to housing: Standards, litigation and advocacy

The Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEANTSA/ Housing Rights Watch organised a joint seminar on the "European contribution to the right to housing: Standards, Litigation & Advocacy", which took place in Brussels on 16 May 2022.

The full programme can be found here. 

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Conclusions 2021 of the European Committee of Social Rights on Health, Social Security and Social Protection

The Committee has examined both the country reports on the thematic group of provisions related to health, social security and social protection and the information on follow-up to collective complaints. The reference period for the reporting system is 01/01/2016- 31/12/2019 so the period immediately before the Covid 2019 pandemic, a period of the greatest importance for the shaping of responses during the COVID-19 crisis.

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New UK policing bill could have detrimental impact on the rights of people that are rough sleeping and of nomadic communities

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 is a piece of legislation which proposes an overhaul of current policing, criminal justice and sentencing laws in England and Wales. Several human rights actors have raised concerns regarding the bill's compatibility with international human rights obligations.

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