The complaint, registered on 3 March 2014, relates to Article 11 (the right to protection of health) and 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), alone or in light of the non-discrimination principle stated in the Preamble of the 1961 Charter. The complainant organisation, the ERTF, alleges that, in the Czech Republic, Roma are disproportionately subjected to residential segregation, substandard housing conditions, forced evictions and other systemic violations of the right to adequate housing and the right to health.

• Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered on 3 March 2014
• Case Document no. 2, Observations of the Government on admissibility
• Case Document no. 3, Submissions from the Government on the merits  
• Case Document no. 4, Response from the Organisation to the Government's submissions on the merits  

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 30 June 2014.

The European Committee of Social Rights adopted its decision on the merits on 17 May 2016.

In its decision on the merits, the Committee concludes:

• Unanimously, that there is a violation of Article 16 of the 1961 Charter on the ground of insufficient access to housing, poor housing conditions and territorial segregation;
• Unanimously, that there is a violation of Article 16 of the 1961 Charter on the ground of forced evictions;
• Unanimously, that there is a violation of Article 11 of the 1961 Charter on the grounds of exclusion in the field of health and inadequate access to health care services;
• Unanimously, that there is no violation of Article 11 of the 1961 Charter on the grounds of segregation of Roma children.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution Res/CM ChS (2017)2 on 28 February 2017.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 104/2014

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 104/2014

 Resolution ResChS(2017)2 of the Committee of Ministers on 28 February 2017