Roma Evictions and Demolition of Roma Houses: A Sustainable Solution for Roma Integration or a Problem of Roma Discrimination in Bulgaria?
Analysis of the legislation regulating the demolition of illegal housing and its implementation in Bulgaria to identify its compliance with the EU legislation on protection from discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin
Adrian Berry
Barrister at Garden Court Chambers
A shorter version of this article was first published for Legal Action magazine in the UK; thereafter expanded for his blog, Cosmopolis: Migration, Citizenship, and Free Movement
Féher Boróka,
BMSZKI - Budapesti Módszertani Szociális Központ és Intézményei
In March 2016, for the 31st session of the Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Leilani Farha, will present her new report on homelessness and adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context.
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On November 19th 2015, the report "An Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2015" was released by Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEANTSA.
On November 19th 2015, the report "An Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2015" was released by Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEANTSA.
Date of the ruling (Decision on the merits) : December 8th 2004
Jurisdiction : European Committee of Social Rights - Council of Europe
Legal basis : Article 16 (right for the family to social, legal and economic protection) of the Revised European Social Charter.
Date of the ruling (Decision on the merits) : October 18th 2006
Jurisdiction : European Committee of Social Rights - Council of Europe
