The Radboud Law Clinic has published a compelling legal analysis for the Straat Consulaat entitled “Stigmatisation and Criminalisation of Homelessness through Regulation and Policy.” This report sheds light on how certain laws and regulations in the Netherlands contribute to the stigmatisation and criminalisation of people experiencing homelessness.
By Eric Tars
Senior Policy Director of the National Homelessness Law Center
This article was first published on Strasbourg Observers on October 29, 2024, and we are grateful for their permission to share it here, with full attribution. This is the link to the original publication.
By Sarah Ganty
FNRS Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLouvain
Date: The complaint was registered on 1 December 2023.
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Committee of Social Rights
Country: Belgium
Legal basis: It relates to Article 16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), Article 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion) and Article E (non-discrimination) in conjunction with the relevant provisions of the revised European Social Charter.
Date: The complaint was registered on 3 April 2023.
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Committee of Social Rights
Country: France
Legal basis: It concerns Articles 1 (the right to work), 11 (the right to protection of health), 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 (the right to housing) and E (non-discrimination) in conjunction with the aforementioned provisions of the revised European Social Charter.
The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, [1] Olivier De Schutter, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing,[2] Balakrishnan Rajagopal, have in a letter to the French Government[3] expressed their concern about a draft law increasing penalties for unlawfully occupying housing and commercial buildings.
At its Forty-ninth session, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this
