Processed complaints
The complaint was registered on 28 January 2011. According to the complainant organisation the French Government continues to forcibly evict Roma without providing suitable alternative accommodation and that Roma in France continue to suffer discrimination in access to housing, in violation of Articles 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 19§8 (guarantees concerning expulsion), 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion) and 31 (right to housing) of the Revised European Social Charter, read alone or in conjunction with the non discrimination clause in Article E.
- Case document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 28 January 2011
- Case document no. 2, Submissions by the Government on the merits
- Case document no. 3, Response from ERTF to the written submissions of the Government on the merits
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 11 May 2011.
The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was a violation of Article E in conjunction with Articles 19§8, 30, 31§§1, 2, and 3, and 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 1 February 2012.
The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution CM/ResChS(2013)1 on 5 February 2013.
Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 64/2011
Decision on the merits of the Complaint 64/2011
Resolution ResChS(2013)1 of the Committee of Ministers on 5 February 2013
Findings of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up of the Complaint
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