Processed complaints
No. 86/2012 European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) v The Netherlands
The complaint was registered on 4 July 2012. The complainant organisation alleges that The Netherlands' legislation, policy and practice regarding sheltering the homeless is not in compatible with is not compatible with Articles 13 (right to social and medical assistance), 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 17 (right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection), 19 (right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance), 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 (right to housing), taken alone or in conjunction with Article E of the European Social Charter.
- Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 4 July 2012
- Case Document no. 2, Submissions of the Government on the admissibility and the merits
- Case Document no. 3. Response from FEANTSA to the Government's submissions on the admissibility and the merits
- Case Document no. 4. Futher observations of the Government on the admissibility and the merits
- Case Document no. 5. Request for immediate measures
- Case Document no. 6, Submissions of the Gouvernment in response to the request for immediate measures
- Case Document no. 7, Reply from the Government to the Committees queries
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 1 July 2013.
The European Committee of Social Rights adopted a decision on immediate measures on 25 October 2013.
The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was a violation of Articles 31§2, 13§§1 et 4, 19§4(c) et 30 of 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 9 July 2014.
The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution Res/CM ChS (2015)4 on 15 April 2015.
Decision on admissibility of Complaint 86/2012
Decision on immediate measures of Complaint 86/2012
Decision on the merits of the Complaint 86/2012
Resolution ResChS(2014)7 of the Committee of Ministers on 15 April 2015
Findings of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up of the Complaint
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