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Invitation to in person seminar: European contribution to the right to housing (May 16 2022, Brussels)
Dear colleagues,

We would like to invite you to the joint
Housing Rights Watch and Fondation Abbé Pierre seminar on "European contribution to the right to housing: Standards, Litigation & Advocacy". The full-day event will take place in person in Brussels on 16 May. The seminar is aimed at legal networks, practitioners of all types, active and/ or interested associations.

Interpretation will be available in French and English.


Find the full programme here.
 
We look forward to seeing you in May!

Important: Due to the limited number of places, please register with the certainty of coming and inform us as soon as possible in case of unforeseen circumstances, so as not to prevent the participation of others.
PROGRAMME

Welcome: 
Opening by
Kjell Larsson, President of Feantsa

The obligations of Member States in relation to the right to housing through European case law
- Did you say, “binding obligations? - 
Maria José Aldanas, policy officer, Feantsa & Coordinator of Housing Rights Watch

A dialogue with judges:
FACILITATION:
Rafael Cid, lawyer and director of legal strategy, GENTIUM
  • Giuseppe Palmisano, former President and current General Rapporteur of the ECSR
  • Lucia Serena Rossi, judge at the court of justice of the European Union 
  • Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, judge at the ECHR from 2011 to 2020, Professor at the Catholic University, Lisbon
Implementing positive obligations: the responsibility of public authorities. Using environmental litigation as a model for housing right

FACILITATION:
Nicolas Bernard, professor of Law at the University of Saint-Louis, Belgium
  • Marine Yzquierdo, lawyer, member of Notre Affaire à Tous, France
  • Delphine Misonne, professor of law at the University of Saint-Louis, Belgium
  • Koldo Casla, lecturer in law at the University of Essex, England
Workshops:
 
Loss of home: what are the requirements of the principle of proportionality?
FACILITATION:
Padraic Kenna, director of the Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy, NUI Galway, Ireland
  • The principle of proportionality in the decisions of the ECSR, Javier Rubio, lawyer at the Centre for Advice and Social Studies, Spain
  • Forced evictions and the principle of proportionality, Senada Dali, legal director, ERRC
Controlling property markets against price and rights abuses
FACILITATION:
Marc Uhry, City of Villeurbanne, France
  • The place of social housing in the market balance, Virginie Toussain, legal officer, Social Union for Housing, France
  • Rent controls and rental protections, Max Althoff, lawyer, Germany
  • Land tenure regulation in the Netherlands, Dr Julie Lawson, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT - AHURI
Strategy to end fuel poverty
FACILITATION:
Juan Carlos Benito Sanchez, human rights researcher and consultant, Belgium
  • Energy efficiency in housing: update on EU regulations and subsidies, national examples, Louise Sunderland, senior advisor to the Regulatory Assistance Project, England
  • The right to energy of the "vulnerable consumer", Marlies Hesselman, senior lecturer in international law, University of Groningen, Netherland
Find the full programme here. 
CONTACT
 
For questions related to the event, send an email to Maria Boström  (FEANTSA Project Assistant):
To register to the event, please click here
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