The complaint was registered on 25 August 2008. The complainant organisation pleads a violation of Article 16 of the Charter (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), read alone or in conjunction with Article E (non discrimination) of the Charter, on the grounds that the ethnic Serb population displaced during the war in Croatia has been subjected to discriminatory treatment as the families have not been allowed to reoccupy their former dwellings prior to the conflict, nor have they been granted financial compensation for the loss of their homes.

• Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 25 August 2008
• Case Document no. 2, Observations of the Government on admissibility
• Case Document no. 3, Response to observations of the Government of Croatia on admissibility  
• Case Document no. 4, Written submissions by the Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 5, Response by COHRE to the Government's submissions on the merits 

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint  admissible on 30 March 2009.

The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was a violation of Article 16 read in the light f the non-discrimination clause of the Preamble to the Charter and transmitted its report containing its  decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 7 July 2010.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution CM/ResChS(2011)6 on 5 May 2011.
 

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 52/2008

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 52/2008

 Resolution ResChS(2011)6 of the Committee of Ministers on 5 May 2011