Indicator history

European Committee of Social Rights

- May 26, 2011 - A complaint of the European Roma and Travellers Forum against France was declared admissible. The complainant organisation claims that the French Government continues to forcibly evict Roma without providing suitable alternative accommodation. It was also alleged that the Roma in France continue to suffer discrimination in access to housing. ERTF alleges that the situation in France is not in conformity with 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.

- September 26, 2011 - the complaint Médécins du Monde International v. France concerning the rights to housing, education of children, social protection and health care for Roma, was declared admissible.

- November 11, 2011 -  in the decision on the merits  in the case COHRE v. France, the Committee concluded unanimously that the conditions in which Roma families were evicted from their homes constituted a violation of article E (non discrimination) in conjunction with articles 31§2 (right to housing - reduction of homelessness) and 19§8 (guarantees concerning deportation) of the Revised Charter.

European Committee of Social Rights has found a violation of the Revised Charter in the case European Roma and Travellers Forum against France (decision of the merits of 24.01.2012): Article E (non discrimination) was violated in conjunction with article 19 § 8 (guarantees concerning deportation), 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 §§1, 2, 3 (right to housing), 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection).

Source:

European Committee of Social Rights, 24.01.2012, Decision of the merits, http://www.coe.int/T/DGHL/Monitoring/SocialCharter/Complaints/CC64Merits_en.pdf, Accessed on 07.01.2013

European Committee of Social Rights has found a violation of the Revised Charter in the case European Roma and Travellers Forum against France (decision of the merits of 24.01.2012): Article E (non discrimination) was violated in conjunction with article 19 § 8 (guarantees concerning deportation), 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31 §§1, 2, 3 (right to housing), 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection).

A violation of the Revised Charter was also found in the case Médécins du Monde International against France (decision on the merits of 11.09.2012): Article E (non discrimination) was violated in conjunction with Article 31§1, 30 and 16 (too limited access to housing of an adequate standard and degrading housing conditions for migrant Roma lawfully resident or working regularly in France); Article 31§2 and 19§8 (because of the eviction procedure of migrant Roma from the sites where they are installed); Article 31§2 (lack of sufficient measures to provide emergency accommodation and reduce homelessness of migrant Roma); Article 17§2 (the French education system is not sufficiently accessible); Article 11§1 (difficulties of access to health care for migrant Roma, whatever their residence status), Article 11§2 (lack of information and awareness-raising and of counseling and screening on health issues towards migrant Roma), Article 11§3 (lack of prevention of diseases and accidents of migrant Roma); Article 13§1 and § 4 (lack of medical assistance).

Sources:

1. European Committee of Social Rights, 24.01.2012, Decision of the merits, http://www.coe.int/T/DGHL/Monitoring/SocialCharter/Complaints/CC64Merits_en.pdf, Accessed on 07.01.2013
2. European Committee of Social Rights, 11.09.2012, Decision on the merits, https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1980783, Accessed on 31.01.2013.