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Meeting the moment: how the Race Equality Directive and the Danish “Ghetto” case require courts to fight modern racial discrimination
FEANTSA and FIDH v. France. Collective complaint No. 224/2023. [05.03.2026]
The Complaint
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Strategic Litigation on the Right to Housing and Emergency Accommodation in France
One year ago, on 13 February 2025, the Collectif des Associations pour le Logement (Collective of Housing Associations) initiated two major legal actions against the French State, challenging its persistent failure to comply with its obligations relating to the right to housing and the right to emergency accommodation. These proceedings are supported by a broad coalition of civil society organisations.
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UN Committee calls on the Netherlands to end the Criminalisation of Homelessness and Strengthen the Right to Housing
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) has published its concluding observations on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Netherlands.
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New Decisions on FEANTSA Complaints Strengthen Housing Rights Standards
Professor Padraic Kenna
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Accountability and Progressive Realisation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
We are pleased to announce an upcoming academic event jointly organised by the University of Barcelona and the University of Essex, with the support of the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA), and with the participation of Housing Rights Watch.
Title: Accountability and Progressive Realisation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Date and Time: Wednesday, 18 September 2025, from 15:00 to 19:30
Location: Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona
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State of Housing Rights
The Right to housing is constitutionally guaranteed in Art. 23§3 which ensures that “everyone has the right to enjoy a life in conformity with human dignity”. The right to decent accommodation is understood as part of this right to dignity. Indeed, Art. 23§3 continues by stating that “towards this end, the law, the decree or rules established under Art. 134 guarantees, taking into account the corresponding obligations, economic, social, and cultural rights of which they determine the conditions for their implementation”.
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Collective Complaint European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) v. Italy No. 244/2025
Date of the decision:
2 July 2025 (decision on admissibility and immediate measures)
Jurisdiction:
Collective Complaints Procedure – European Committee of Social Rights
Country:
Italy
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FEANTSA v. Belgium. Collective Complaint No. 203/2021. [17.10.2024]
The complaint
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A Victory Against Denmark’s 'Ghetto Package' and ‘Area-Based Discrimination’
By Susheela Math, Lead of the Open Society Justice Initiative’s work challenging the 'Ghetto Package'.
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