The complaint, lodged on 22 April 2005, relates to Article 16 (right to social, economic, and legal protection) alone or in combination with Article E (non-discrimination) of the Revised European Social Charter. It is alleged that the situation of Roma in Bulgaria amounts to a violation of the right to adequate housing.

• Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 22 April 2005 
• Case Document no. 2, Observations from the Bulgarian Government on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 3, Response from ERRC to observations from the Bulgarian Government on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 4, Written submissions from the Bulgarian Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 5, Response from ERRC to written submissions from the Bulgarian Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 5 addendum, Addendum to response by ERRC to written submissions from the Bulgarian Government on the merits 
• Case Document no. 6, Response by the Bulgarian Government to the written submissions from the ERRC

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 10 October 2005.

The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was violation of Article 16 in conjunction with Article E and transmitted  its report containing its decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 30 November 2006.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution ResChS(2007) 2 on 5 September 2007.
 

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 31/2005

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 31/2005

 Resolution ResChS(2007)2 of the Committee of Ministers on 5 September 2007

 Findings of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up of the Complaint