Portugal
ERT Case summary: European Roma Rights Centre V Portugal
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Human Rights decision in European Roma Rights Centre V Portugal(application no. 61/2010). The Committee found there to be violations of Article E (Non-discrimination) in conjunction with each of Article 31(1) (Right to housing), 16 (Right of the family to social, legal and economic protection) and 30 (Right to protection against poverty and social exclusion) of the Revised Charter. The case summary sets out the reference details, facts, legal arguments and decision of the case.
Failure to Fulfil Positive Obligations regarding Roma in Portugal Violates Equality Provisions of the Revised European Social Charter
London, 21 November 2011
On 7 November 2011, the European Committee of Social Rights (the Committee) published its decision in the case of European Roma Rights Centre v Portugal (Complaint No. 61/2010). In response to a complaint against the Government of Portugal submitted by the European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) in April 2010, the Committee found that the conditions in which the Roma community of Portugal is living and the failure of the Government to do enough to improve their situation represented a violation of Article E (Non-discrimination) of the Revised European Social Charter (Revised Charter) in conjunction with each of Articles 16 (right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion) and 31(1) (right to adequate housing).
PILI Case Summary: Salgueiro Da Silva Mouta v. Portugal (Application no. 33290/96)
This is the case summary of the European Court of Human Rights case of Salgueiro Da Silva Mouta v. Portugal (Application no. 33290/96).
