Date of the ruling (Decision on the merits) : June 30th 2011

Jurisdiction : European Committee of Social Rights

Legal basis : Article E (non-discrimination), Article 31§1 (right to housing - promote to housing of an adequate standard), Article 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) and Article 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion) 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.

International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) News

By Andrea Carrasco López, Lawyer and activist for the housing movement & Germán M. Teruel Lozano, Doctor of Laws, member of RACSE/ANESC

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

Marc Uhry

Head of Mission Europe, Fondation Abbé Pierre

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?

Diagnosis of the residential model and proposals for another housing policy.