Collective complaint: FEANTSA and others v. Spain. Complaint No 206/2022.
ECSR Rules Spain Violated Housing and Social Rights in Cañada Real
The complaint
Defence for Children International (DCI), the European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless (FEANTSA), Magistrats Européens pour la Démocratie et les Libertés (MEDEL), the Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) and the International Movement ATD Fourth World, submitted a collective complaint on 4th March 2022 before the European Committee of Social Rights for the violation of rights protected by the European Social Charter. In addition, they called on this institution to order the immediate restoration of electricity, as an immediate measure.
The complaint denounces that Spain is in breach of its obligations to the Council of Europe, as laid out in the European Social Charter, by failing to ensure heating and electricity supply to some 4,500 people living in sectors 5 and 6 of Cañada Real, of whom at least 1,800 are minors. The electricity supply was interrupted in October 2020 until today.
The decision
The ECSR ruled Spain violated housing and social rights in Cañada Real
The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) found that Spain violated several provisions of the revised European Social Charter in relation to the prolonged power cuts affecting residents of Sectors 5 and 6 of Cañada Real, Madrid.