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
The Simon Communities charity wants the Government to include the right to a home in the Constitution, saying homelessness violates a number of international treaties to which Ireland has signed up.
Date of the decision: July 5, 2016
Jurisdiction: Council of Europe – European Court of Human Rights
Country: Netherlands
Subject: Non-admissibility – Article 3 – undocumented migrants – human dignity and core obligations under the ICESCR.
Legal basis:
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.
By Alain Couderc, Lawyer (Lyon)
December 2015
By Sonia Olea Ferreras, Advocacy Team - Caritas Spain / Housing Rights Expert Group member - FEANTSA
I. Overview of the current situation of housing emergency and exclusion
