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Housing Rights Seminar London, December 4th 2015 - Presentations & digest
I.D.G v. Spain (Communication No. 2/2014) [17.06.2015]
Date of the decision : June 17th 2015
Jurisdiction : UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)
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Fazia Ali v. the United Kingdom (App. n° 40378/10) [20.10.2015]
Date of the ruling : October 20th 2015
Jurisdiction : European Court of Human Rights (Chamber judgement*)
Legal basis : Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial) of the European Convention of Human Rights.
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Right to housing : UN Committee on ESCR issues historic recommendations to Spain
International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) News
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Council of Europe Secretary General questions Hungary over human rights implications of migrants "state of emergency"
On September 15th 2015, one more step in the criminalisation of asylum seekers has been taken by the Hungarian government.
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US Government finds criminalisation of homelessness unconstitutional
August 2015 - The US government has declared that it is unconstitutional to pass measures that criminalise the life-sustaining activities of people who are homeless. Thanks in large part to the campaigning and education activities of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (http://www.nlchp.org) at the United Nations, the government has recognised that criminalisation measures including bans on sitting, lying, camping, etc., in fact violate human rights. This is pertinent to EU countries as well, since these measures violate human rights foun
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Illegal to be homeless - The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
Presentation by Tristia Bauman (tbauman@nlchp.org), Senior Attorney, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Washington, D.C.
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Housing Rights Watch Newsletter - Spring 2015
Dear readers,
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Conference - Housing Rights: the impact of strategic litigation and advocacy - Comparing Europe and North America
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?
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