The complaint was registered on 2 March 2022. It concerns Articles 31 (the right to housing), 16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 17 (the right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection), 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 23 (the right of elderly persons to social protection), 11 (the right to protection of health), 15 (the right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration and participation in the life of the community), 20 (the right to equal opportunities and equal treatment in matters of employment and occupation without discrimination on the grounds of sex), 27 (the right of workers with family responsibilities to equal opportunities and equal treatment) and to Article E (non-discrimination) in conjunction with each of the concerned provisions of the Revised European Social Charter.

The complaint relates to the power outage, which started in October 2020 and is still ongoing, in two Sectors of the shantytown of the Cañada Real Galiana in Madrid, Spain. The complainant organisations allege that State, in its capacity as regulator, has not taken any steps aimed at restoring the power or providing the persons concerned with alternative sources of electricity. The ongoing power outage has a serious impact on the lives of the 4,500 inhabitants, including about 1,800 are children, leading to serious medical problems and worsening pre-existing health conditions. Children and adolescents, women and girls, the elderly, persons with disabilities and persons belonging to vulnerable population groups – such as Roma – living in the concerned areas have been disproportionately affected by the electricity deprivation in breach of the aforementioned provisions of the Charter.

​ Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on  2 March 2022 

​ Case-document No. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility and the request for immediate measures

 ​ Case-document No. 3, Information by the Government on the implementation of immediate measures  (original in Spanish)  

 ​ Case-document No. 4, Submissions by the Government on the merits (original in Spanish) 

  ​ Case-document No. 5, Response from the complainant organisations to the Government's submissions on the merits 

 Case-document No. 6, Observations by the Defensor del pueblo (original in Spanish)

 Case-document No. 7, Reply from the Government to the complainant organisations' response  (original in Spanish)

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 19 October 2022 and unanimously decided that it was necessary to indicate immediate measures to the Government

​ Decision on admissibility and immediate measures relating to the Complaint No. 206/2022