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.

The UN Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on the case of France examined during its 6 to 24 June 2016 session in Geneva.  

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

Housing Rights Seminar

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)

On November 19th 2015, the report "An Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2015" was released by Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEANTSA.

On November 19th 2015, the report "An Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe 2015" was released by Fondation Abbé Pierre and FEANTSA.