The European and International Contribution to the Right to Housing: Standards, Litigation and Advocacy

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Introduction

Padraic Kenna, Professor at the University of Galway (Ireland)

I. The obligations of Member States in relation to the right to housing through European case law: Dialogue with judges

Member States' obligations in relation to housing rights - views of the CJEU

Lucia Serena Rossi, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union

State obligations in relation to housing rights - views of the ECHR

Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 2011 to 2020

State obligations in relation to housing rights - views from the ECSR

Giuseppe Palmisano, Former President and current General Rapporteur of the European Committee of Social Rights

II. Implementing positive obligations: the responsibility of public authorities

Interview with Delphine Misonne and Marine Yzquierdo

Delphine Misonne, Professor of Law at University Saint-Louis (Belgium)

Marine Yzquierdo, Lawyer, Member of the association Notre Affaire à Tous (France)

Lessons from strategic human rights litigation: From climate change to adequate housing

Nicolas Bernard, professor of Law at the University of Saint-Louis (Belgium) and Guest Professor at the UCLouvain (Belgium)

Koldo Casla, lecturer in law at the University of Essex (England)

III. Loss of home: what are the requirements of the principle of proportionality?

Proportionality and Evictions.

Padraic Kenna, Professor at the University of Galway (Ireland) and Maria Jose Aldanas Policy Officer, FEANTSA (Belgium)

IV. Controlling property markets against price and rights abuses

Discharge and rent control in Germany

Max Althoff, Association of Republican Lawyers (Germany)

Social housing in France and European law

Toussain Virginie, Legal officer, European Affairs, Union Sociale pour l’Habitat (France)

In support of a control of housing policies based on international human rights law

Noria Derdek, Legal Officer, Abbé Pierre Foundation (France)

Marc Uhry, City of Villeurbanne (France)

V. Strategy to end fuel poverty

‘Decent’ housing standards as a strategy to alleviate energy poverty

Louise Sunderland, Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project (England)

Legal standards for addressing energy poverty under the right to housing: Towards a new right to energy?

Marlies Hesselman, Lecturer in Public International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen (Netherlands)

Conclusion

Carole Nivard, Lecturer at the University of Rouen (France)