The European Committee on Social Rights declared new Collective Complaint against France admissible
The decision on admissibility in European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) v. France, Complaint No. 224/2023
The complaint was registered on 3 April 2023. It concerns Articles 1 (the right to work), 11 (the right to protection of health), 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), and 31 (the right to housing) in conjunction with Article E (non-discrimination) of the revised European Social Charter.
FEANTSA and FIDH allege that the absence of specific legal or regulatory provisions designed to circumscribe the proliferation in France of municipal orders seeking to punish the conduct generally adopted by homeless persons in public spaces, and the imprecision of the criteria established by domestic case law demonstrate that the national legal framework does not protect homeless persons and constitutes a violation of Articles 1, 11, 30 and 31, as well as Article E read in conjunction with the aforementioned provisions of the Charter.
The ECSR unanimously declared the complaint admissible on 17 October 2023.
