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Model Emergency Housing Legislation. Protecting the Right to Housing during Covid 19
Denmark’s “Ghetto Package” and the intersection of the right to housing and non-discrimination
Susheela Math
Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative
Thousands of people across Denmark face eviction from their homes under the country’s “Ghetto Package,” which seeks to “eradicate” “ghettos” by 2030. The State distinguishes “ghettos” from other areas with the same socio-economic factors on the basis that the majority of residents are of what it calls “non-Western background.”
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Lăcătuş v. Switzerland (Application no. 14065/15) [19.01.2021]
Language: French
Date of the decision: 19 January 2021
Country: Switzerland
Jurisdiction: European Court of Human Rights (Chamber judgment)
Legal basis: Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Right to respect for private and family life)
Subject: Begging in public
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State of the right to housing in Europe. A year marked by the pandemic
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Collective complaint FEANTSA v Czech Republic declared admissible by the European Committee of Social Rights
On 18 December 2020, the European Committee of Social Rights, which monitors compliance with the human rights enshrined in the European Social Charter, declared the Collective Complaint against the Czech Republic admissible.
FEANTSA had lodged a Collective Complaint against the Czech Republic in February 2020, requesting the Committee to find that the situation in the Czech Republic amounts to a violation of Article 16 of the European Social Charter, read alone and in the light of the non-discrimination clause contained in the Preamble of the 1961 Charter.
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FEANTSA v. Czech Republic (Collective Complaint No. 191/2020)
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 9 December 2020. The complaint is against the Czech Republic (191/2020) and concerns Article 16 of the European Social Charter, which guarantees the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection. In particular, the Committee considers FEANTSA's complaint admissible under Article 4 of the Protocol, as it is signed by an authorised representative and sufficiently describes the alleged violation by the Czech Republic of Article 16 of the 1961 Charter.
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Model emergency Housing Legislation: the right to housing needs to be protected during Covid19
Today we launch the “Model emergency housing legislation”, the result of the joint effort of a wide coalition of global organisations, led by OSF Justice Initiative and with the collaboration of FEANTSA/ Housing Rights Watch.
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Concluding observations of UN Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights on performance of Norway
The Concluding remarks of the UN Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights on performance of Norway on social and economic rights include a call to tackle discrimination in the housing market and homelessness.
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Avenues To Advance Housing Rights in an Italian Context
The seminar focused on the different avenues to advance housing rights in Italy using European tools and domestic legislation.
It was mainly addressed to our Italian FEANTSA members and their member organisations in Italy although we had invited other NGOs and practitioners with an interest on housing rights.
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Rosario Gómez-Limón Pardo v. Spain (Communication No. 52/2018) [05.03.2020]
Date of decision: 5 March 2020
Jurisdiction: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Country: Spain
Legal basis: Violation of the Right to adequate housing, Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
Subject: Eviction from rented property without alternative accommodation.
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