REPETITIVE CASES: BEARD v. the United Kingdom; CHAPMAN v. the United Kingdom; COSTER v. the United Kingdom; SMITH v. the United Kingdom; and LEE v. the United Kingdom.

COMPLAINT

In July 2012, FEANTSA lodged a collective complaint against The Netherlands alleging that The Netherlands' legislation, policy and practice regarding sheltering the homeless is not compatible  with Articles 13 (right to social and medical assistance), 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 17 (right of children and young persons 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), taken a

The Complaint

FEANTSA’s complaint against Slovenia built on the experienced gained from successfully filing a housing-based Complaint against France two years earlier (FEANTSA v. FRANCE, CC39/2006).

Priority need of housing and minor immigrants

The case originated in an application (no. 56328/07) against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Sierra Leonean national, Ms Husenatu Bah (“the applicant”), on 23 November 2007.

Date of decision:  December 8, 2004

Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Committee of Social Rights

Country: Greece

Legal basis: Violation of Article 16 of the European Social Charter. Discrimination against Roma in Greece in the field of housing: Discriminatory legislation, residential segregation and forced evictions.

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