Article 31. The Right to Housing

The essay analyzes the right to housing enshrined in the revised European Social Charter – an important international treaty promoted by the Council of Europe to guarantee social rights – with a look also at the protections provided by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The essay is included in the extensive Commentary on the European Social Charter, in 8 volumes, written by scholars from the Academic Network on the European Social Charter and Social Rights (ANESC), and pays particular attention not only to doctrine but also to the case law of the European Committee of Social Rights.