Processed complaints
The complaint was registered on 30 septembre 2010. The complainant organisation alleges a violation of rights related to housing for Travellers under the European Social Charter. It concerns the insufficiency of stopping places, problems stemming from the non recognition of caravans as a home; lack of respect of the required conditions when carrying out evictions, lack of a global and coordinated policy to combat poverty and social exclusion of Travellers, among other issues. These allegations concern Article 16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) and 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion) of the Revised European Social Charter as well as the non discrimination clause (Article E).
- Case document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 30 September 2010
- Case document no. 2, Written submissions of the Government on the merits
- Case document no. 3, Response to the written submissions of the Government on the merits (French only)
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 1 December 2010.
The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was a violation of Article E read in conjunction with Article 16 of the Revised Charter and transmitted its report containing its decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 21 March 2012.
The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution CM/ResChS(2013)8 on 30 April 2013.
Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 62/2010
Decision on the merits of the Complaint 62/2010
Resolution ResChS(2013)8 of the Committee of Ministers on 30 April 2013
Findings of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up of the Complaint
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