Resolution
CM/ResChS(2010)8
Collective
complaint No. 58/2009
by the Centre
on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) against Italy
(Adopted
by the Committee of Ministers on 21 October 2010
at the
1096th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
The
Committee of Ministers,[1]
Having
regard to Article 9 of the Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter
providing for a system of collective complaints,
Taking into
consideration the complaint lodged on 29 May 2009 by the Centre on Housing
Rights and Evictions (COHRE) against Italy;
Having
regard to the report transmitted by the European Committee of Social Rights, in
which it found several violations of Article E of the Revised Social Charter
taken in conjunction with Articles 31§1, 31§2, 31§3, 16, 19§1,19§4 c and 19§8;
1.
Takes
note of the statement made by the respondent government[2]
and the information it has communicated[3]
on the follow-up to the decision of the European Committee of Social Rights and
welcomes the authorities’ commitment to ensure the effective implementation of
the rights deriving from the revised European Social Charter for every
individual, including for persons belong to the Roma communities.
2.
Looks
forward to Italy reporting that, at the time of the submission of the next
report concerning the relevant provisions of the revised European Social
Charter, the situation is in full conformity with the revised European Social
Charter.
[1] In accordance with Article 9 of the Additional
Protocol to the European Social Charter providing for a system of collective
complaints, the following Contracting Parties to the European Social Charter or
the revised European Social Charter have participated in the vote: Albania,
Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Turkey, Ukraine and United
Kingdom.
[2] Cf. DD(2010)505.
[3] Cf. DD(2010)511.