In the run-up to the June 2024 elections, we have published a legal briefing: The EU and its Member States must respect and promote the right to adequate housing in Europe!
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The EU and its Member States must respect and promote the right to adequate housing in Europe
New complaint registered against Spain on the right to housing
A new collective complaint was registered on 17 October 2024. It relates to Articles 16 (Right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 17 (Right of children and adolescents to social, legal and economic protection), 19 (Right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance), 30 (Right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 (Right to housing) and E (Non-discrimination) of the revised European Social Charter.
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The EU and its Member States must respect and promote the right to adequate housing in Europe!
In the run-up to the June 2024 elections, we have published a legal briefing: The EU and its Member States must respect and promote the right to adequate housing in Europe!
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Conclusions 2023 of the European Committee of Social Rights on Children, Family and Migrants
On 20 March 2024, the Council of Europe's European Committee of Social Rights produced a crucial legal assessment on social rights. The Committee's findings highlight some progress, but significant gaps and shortcomings remain in states' efforts to guarantee social rights.
The conclusions adopted by the Committee concern the accepted provisions of different articles of the Revised European Social Charter belonging to the thematic group " Children families and migrants" which includes article 31 on the right to adequate housing.
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A stepping stone for the right to adequate housing of undocumented migrants: Notes on Infante Díaz v Spain
Doctoral Candidate | Lund University, Faculty of Law, Sweden
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Concluding observations of the CESCR on the fourth periodic report of Ireland
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Ireland in March 2024.
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Official Visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to the Netherlands
The Special Rapporteur on the Right to adequate housing presented in March his report on his visit to the Netherlands, from 11 to 21 December 2023.
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Ensuring the right to housing in Europe's green transition
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Imam v LB Croydon, UK Supreme Court [2023]
The Supreme Court in R (on the application of Imam) (Respondent) v London Borough of Croydon (Appellant) [2023] UKSC 45 has unanimously held that general funding pressures are not an excuse for non-compliance with a local authority's duty under s193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 to provide suitable accommodation to a homeless individual.
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FEANTSA and FIDH v. France. Collective complaint No. 224/2023
Date: The complaint was registered on 3 April 2023.
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Committee of Social Rights
Country: France
Legal basis: It concerns Articles 1 (the right to work), 11 (the right to protection of health), 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 (the right to housing) and E (non-discrimination) in conjunction with the aforementioned provisions of the revised European Social Charter.
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