The right to housing is one of the most basic human right ensuring human dignity. It has been codified in a range of international and regional human rights instruments and many national constitutions and laws embody provisions of the right to housing. However, their concrete implementation remains unsatisfactory in many countries.
Housing Rights Watch is a European network of interdisciplinary groups of associations, lawyers and academics from various European countries who are committed to the promotion, protection and fulfillment of the right to housing to all. It seeks the realization of the right to every person to live in dignity and to have secure, adequate and affordable place to live. The network has been set up in Cardiff in November 2008 in order to facilitate exchange and mutual learning among housing rights experts and advocates.
| Balint Misetics |
City is for All |
Hungary |
| Christian Perl |
BAWO |
Austria |
| Guillem Fernandez |
Associacio Prohabitatge |
Spain |
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Idaver Memedov |
European Roma Rights Centre |
Hungary |
| Jacopo Fiorentino |
FioPSD/Avvocato di strada |
Italy |
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Jamie Burton |
Doughty Street Chambers, London |
UK |
| Joris Sprakel |
University of Hague |
the Netherlands |
| Katerina Hruba |
Zvule Prava |
Czech Republic |
| Kristián Straka |
Právo na bývanie (Right to Housing) |
Slovakia |
| Margarita Ilieva |
Bulgarian Helsinki Committee |
Bulgaria |
| Mateja Fajs |
Association of Tenants in Slovenia |
Slovenia |
| Nicolas Bernard |
Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis |
Belgium |
| Noria Derdek |
Jurislogment |
France |
| Padraic Kenna |
National University of Ireland |
Ireland |
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Steve Povey |
Shelter Cymru Wales |
UK |
Activities
Annual Conference
Housing Rights: from Theory to Practice
Barcelona, Spain 6 May 2010
Hosts: University of Barcelona, Associació Prohabitatge, FEANTSA
The goal of the conference was to explore the theoretical background to housing rights at international, European and national level, to share experience on the practical implementation of housing rights and to provide a forum for existing and potential correspondents of the Housing Rights Watch network. For more information, please contact the conference webpage.
Housing Rights Watch meeting
A Housing Rights Watch meeting took place in Barcelona, Spain on 7 May 2010. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the priorities of the network and possible co-operation and action within the framework of Housing Rights Watch. The meeting was organised on the day after the Housing Rights Conference and was open to all participants interested in international action on housing rights. It was attended by 23 participants, including six existing correspondents of the network. Click here to see a photo of the meeting.
Newsletter
Housing Rights Watch produces a newsletter three times a year with the aim of sharing information on legislative and judiciary initiatives, national and international provisions, examples of case law relevant to the right to housing.
If you would like to be part of Housing Rights Watch or would like to sign up to the newsletter, publish an article, include information in it or just have a question or comment on Housing Rights Watch, please contact: dalma.fabian@feantsa.org
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