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Urban renewal program held to be eviction “through the back door”
7 February 2013
Summary The Constitutional Court of South Africa held that excavation work in close proximity to the applicants’ homes was tantamount to eviction, and that section 26(3) of the Constitution protects...
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Protection from arbitrary eviction for Roma community in Bulgaria
27 November 2012
Naidenova et al v Bulgaria, UN Doc CCPR/C/106/D/2073/2011 (27 November 2012) Summary A Roma community that had lived for over 70 years in an informal settlement on municipal land in...
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Protection from arbitrary eviction for 700 families removed from council buildings
9 October 2012
Schubart Park Residents’ Association and Others v City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and Another [2012] ZACC 26 (9 October 2012) Summary The protection against arbitrary eviction under section 26(3) of...
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European Court rules on the importance of proportionality and personal circumstances in eviction cases
18 September 2012
The European Court of Human Rights has held that a UK Court of Appeal decision to uphold a possession order against an applicant constituted an unjustified breach of the applicant’s...
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Failure to provide medical treatment and support can constitute a breach of human rights
27 April 2012
De Almeida, R (on the application of) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2012] EWHC 1082 (Admin) (27 April 2012) Summary The England and Wales High Court decided that...
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Failure to prevent loss of ownership of property a violation of CEDAW
26 April 2012
Cecilia Kell v Canada, UN Doc CEDAW/C/51/D/19/2008 (26 April 2012) Summary The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has found that Canada violated the rights of an...
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Obligation to consider alternatives to eviction into homelessness
7 December 2011
Summary In this case, if evicted, approximately 170 families would be made homeless. The South African Constitutional Court unanimously held that, before making eviction orders, the High Court should have...
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