Date of the ruling (Decision on the merits) : October 18th 2006

Jurisdiction : European Committee of Social Rights - Council of Europe

Legal basis : Article 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) and Article E (non-discrimination) of the Revised European Social Charter.

On the 10th of October, the World Homelessness Day aims to draw attention to homeless people’s needs locally and provide opportunities for the community to get involved in responding to homelessness.

#WorldHomelessDay to share your thoughts and initiatives !

http://www.worldhomelessday.org/

OCTOBER 2015
By Suzanne Bouclin, PHD Associate Professor, University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law, Canada

On June 18th 2015, Housing Rights Watch held a conference in Paris, "Housing Rights : the impact of strategic litigation and advocacy - Comparing Europe and North America"

See the program here

Here you can find presentations that set the pace for the day :

August 2015 - The US government has declared that it is unconstitutional to pass measures that criminalise the life-sustaining activities of people who are homeless.  Thanks in large part to the campaigning and education activities of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (http://www.nlchp.org) at the United Nations, the government has recognised that criminalisation measures including bans on sitting, lying, camping, etc., in fact violate human rights.  This is pertinent to EU countries as well, since these measures violate human rights foun

Presentation by Tristia Bauman (tbauman@nlchp.org), Senior Attorney, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Washington, D.C.

On November 10, 2014 the Decisions on the Merits were published for two Collective Complaints against The Netherlands. The first complaint was submitted by FEANTSA and deals with access criteria and availability of shelter for homeless people in the Netherlands. The second complaint was submitted by the Conference of European Churches and deals with access to shelter and basic amenities (water, food, clothing) for undocumented migrants.

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 July 2012 FEANTSA asked the European Committee of Social Rights to find that The Netherlands legislation, policy and practice regarding sheltering the homeless is not compatible with the relevant provisions of the Revised Social Charter (Collective Complaint no. 86/2012).

On 15 April 2015 the Committee of Ministers adopted his resolution on FEANTSA's Collective Complaint against the Netherlands recognising the decision of the ECSR. The Committee of Ministers looks forward to the Netherlands reporting on any possible developments in the issue.