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.
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.
Marc Uhry
Head of Mission Europe, Fondation Abbé Pierre
Dear readers,
École Nationale Supérieure
d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville
60 boulevard de la Villette
75019 PARIS
Metro line 2 : Belleville or Colonel Fabien
Thursday 18 june 2015 - 9:00 to 17:00
9:00 Registration
9:15 Welcome from Ian Brossat , Deputy Mayor of Paris, responsible for housing and emergency shelter
9:30 Does challenging measures that criminalise homelessness work? What lessons from the USA and Canada for lawyers and NGOs in Europe?
In the case of Tchokontio Happi v. France the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been: a violation of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The case concerned a failure to enforce a final judgment granting the applicant accommodation in the context of the law on the enforceable right to housing (known as the “DALO” Act). This is the first time that the Court has dealt with an application against France concerning non-enforcement of a decision to grant housing.
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