Marc Uhry
Head of Mission Europe, Fondation Abbé Pierre
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Migrants and emergency welfare: explanation of recent European and international case law
To cc or not to cc – The effect of collective complaints in practice
On November 10, 2014 the Decisions on the Merits were published for two Collective Complaints against The Netherlands. The first complaint was submitted by FEANTSA and deals with access criteria and availability of shelter for homeless people in the Netherlands. The second complaint was submitted by the Conference of European Churches and deals with access to shelter and basic amenities (water, food, clothing) for undocumented migrants.
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Resolution of the Committee of Ministers CM/ResChS(2015)4 on FEANTSA's Collective Complaint against The Netherlands.
In July 2012 FEANTSA asked the European Committee of Social Rights to find that The Netherlands legislation, policy and practice regarding sheltering the homeless is not compatible with the relevant provisions of the Revised Social Charter (Collective Complaint no. 86/2012).
On 15 April 2015 the Committee of Ministers adopted his resolution on FEANTSA's Collective Complaint against the Netherlands recognising the decision of the ECSR. The Committee of Ministers looks forward to the Netherlands reporting on any possible developments in the issue.
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Report on Human Rights in Hungary, by Nils Muižnieks
REPORT BY NILS MUIŽNIEKS
COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO HUNGARY FROM 1 TO 4 JULY 2014
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C-333/13 Elisabeta Dano, Florin Dano v. Jobcenter Leipzig (Germany) [11.11.2014]
The Dano case will be an issue of discussion among scholars and lawyers, as it poses a contradiction with the European Committee for Social Rights. The European Court of Justice denied the access to social benefits, including the contribution to accommodation and heating costs.
Read the case 333/13
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Mohamed RAJI and others against Spain (Application No. 3537/13) [16.12.2014]
Decided on 16 December 2014
Relevant Articles: Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (against torture, and "inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment") and Article 8 of the Convention (right to respect for their family life and/or their home)
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C-23566/05 Ghasabyan And Others v. Armenia [13.11.2014]
Decided on 13 November 2014
Relevant Articles: Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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Urgent Appeal: UN experts call on the Netherlands to give homeless migrants emergency help before Christmas
GENEVA (16 December 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged the Dutch Government to immediately provide homeless irregular migrants in the Netherlands with emergency assistance, such as food, clothing, and shelter (popularly called ‘bed, bath and bread’ in the country). The Netherlands refuses to provide emergency assistance to this group, despite repeated disapproval by international and regional human rights bodies.
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Landmark decision condemns Dutch government for violations on housing rights
FEANTSA has won its collective Collective Complaint against The Netherlands. First lodged with the Council of Europe in July 2012, the Collective Complaint (no. 86/2012) against the Netherlands alleged iolations of several rights under the Revised European Social Charter. Today, the European Committee for Social Rights lifted the embargo on the final decision in this case.
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The increasing criminalization of homelessness in Hungary
By Mariann Dósa and Éva Tessza Udvarhelyi , A Város Mindenkié (The City is for All),
Budapest, Hungary
avarosmindenkie@gmail.com
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