Youth human rights at risk says commissioner Nils Muižnieks of the council of Europe.
Youth human rights at risk
Report on human rights in Greece
Report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Cephas Lumina
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Follow up - Expert Workshop: Finding real solutions to the housing crisis
On 13 June 2014, Housing Rights Watch, along with Fondation Abbe Pierre and FEANTSA organized an expert workshop to talk about housing solutions for homeless people in Europe.
Welfare reforms survive court challenges on bedroom tax and cap
AMB v Spain (Application no. 77842/12)
Date of the decision: February 20, 2014
Country: Spain
Subject: Eviction, illegal occupation of building, squatter complaint.
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Court of Human Rights
Legal basis:
Can I See Your ID? The Policing of Youth Homelessness in Toronto
This report sets out to document the criminalization of homelessness in Canada by exploring the relationship between homeless persons – in particular, street youth - and law enforcement officials (both the police and private security). Drawing from over 240 interviews with street youth in Toronto in 2009, as well as a review of official statistics on Ontario Safe Streets Act tickets in Toronto over the past 11 years, we explore the ways in which homelessness has been criminalized through a law and order agenda.
The Right to Adequate Housing
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing analyses the ruling paradigm of housing policies that focus on housing finance as the main means of promoting homeownership. The report assesses the impact of prevalent housing finance policies on the right to adequate housing of those living in poverty. The Special Rapporteur concludes that the full realization of the right to adequate
Call for Solidarity in struggle against the criminalisation of homelessness in Hungary
"Being homeless is not a crime!" Call for action: International solidarity with homeless people in Hungary
We invite our friends all over the world to join our struggle against the criminalisation of homelessness in Hungary.
Call for Solidarity in struggle against the criminalisation of homelessness in Hungary
We invite our friends all over the world to join our struggle against the criminalisation of homelessness in Hungary.