I. HOMELESSNESS IN EUROPEAN UNION  In the European Union, according to a study by the Abbé-Pierre Foundation and the European Federation of National Associations working with the homeless, nearly 11 million households out of 220 million households do not have personal housing. These 11 million households are in a state of severe deprivation of housing : on…

Objective : To encourage the integration of homeless persons and persons facing material and moral difficulties, through the free distribution of meals and a moral support. Location of the action : Market of  TALENSAC, NANTES (44), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : July – August 2016 : Sending out a Team of volunteers of our Association each Sunday to organize a free distribution operation…

The DIRECTIVE 2011/36 / EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, April 5, 2011, “recognizes that human trafficking has a dimension related to gender equality and that, in many cases, women and men are not victims of human trafficking for the same reasons. It is therefore appropriate that assistance and support measures…

▶ Dematerialization of administrative procedures : in France, the Defender of Rights warns about the inequalities of access to public services. Digital exclusion undermines fundamental rights, such as access to minimum social benefits, access to Housing and access to justice. ▶ Fragile publics are concerned : persons who are homeless or in a precarious situation,…

The European Court of Human Rights condemns the Croatian Government for failure to hold effective investigation into allegation of human trafficking and exploitation of prostitution.  Facts : The applicant lodged a criminal complaint against a certain T.M., a former policeman, alleging that in the period between the summer of 2011 and September of the same year…

Objective : Encouraging the professional integration of people suffering physical, mental or psychological disability within society, and their social promotion.  Means and resources deployed : Closer working relationships and partnerships with the N.G.O.s of the European Union to cooperate on joint projects focusing on professional integration and the inclusion of disabled people.   – January 23-25 2015 : the European Observatory…

Policing Hate Crime against LGBTIQ persons : Training for a Professional Police Response. Especially, Module Five helps participants to understand the work of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and how the Police can best work with them to improve responses to victims. ■ The police are at the frontline of the criminal justice system and the…

Objective : To promote assistance to migrant persons, such as asylum-seeking refugees and unaccompanied migrant children, facing significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : detailed information  to unaccompanied migrant children on children’ s rights moral and human support  detailed information on the best means to reach Sweden,  for those who requested it free legal assistance, on the asylum procedure in German law and European law, for those who requested…

 Objective : To help young homeless persons facing discrimination against them based on prejudice, misconception and intolerance because of their sexual orientation. Location of the action : RENNES (35, BRETAGNE), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : January 2016 : Supporting the actions of the Association « Le Refuge » in RENNES (BRETAGNE, FRANCE), by implementing an emergency accommodation for a homeless young adult, rejected…

1/ The painful journey of pregnant homeless women in the street. ▶ « The 115 for cradle? » With this question, the Abbé-Pierre Foundation warns the public authorities and denounces, in its 21st Report devoted to poor housing in France, the situation of many pregnant and precarious women in France. « We regret the lack of follow-up upstream…

17 May 2018 : International Day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia. ➡ 25 % of young persons who are homeless are identified as LGBTQI, including persons with XXY chromosomes, for whom our Association has developed a specific experience. ➡ Friendship, discussion, peace and housing are the best answers. ➡ Fundamental rights must be respected at all…

FRANCE, LA ROCHELLE 🇫🇷. ✅ The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights is on the ground and in action: we help those who are forgotten, by joining them where they are, whatever their social situation may be, in the streets. ✅ Hereby you will find some pictures of street patrols mission, to help homeless persons….

✅ On 13th June 2019, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court provisionally criminalizes homophobia pending adoption of an appropriate Law by Congress.  The Federal Supreme Court (STF) has provisionally ruled that homophobia is equivalent to the crime of racism. ✅ « Any prejudice is violence (…). Discrimination is a cause of suffering, » said Judge Carmen Luzia. Learn more : www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2019/06/14/Brazil/Brazil’s Federal…

Objective : To encourage the social and professional integration of young homeless persons, through an emergency housing activity, for their access to sustainable and stable housing. Means and resources deployed :  partnerships with Hotels for emergency housing activity, funded by our Organisation. Location of action : ANGERS (Maine-et-Loire), FRANCE. June 2015: implementation of an emergency housing activity in a hotel structure for homeless persons. Geoffrey is 29 years old and is…

I. HOMELESSNESS IN EUROPEAN UNION  In the European Union, according to a study by the Abbé-Pierre Foundation and the European Federation of National Associations working with the homeless, nearly 11 million households out of 220 million households do not have personal housing. These 11 million households are in a state of severe deprivation of housing : on…

CAMBODIA.  ▶ Justice in this country fights against the proliferation of children trafficking since the Surrogacy-based reproductive industry has elected it as a host country. ▶ According to a Police Report, 32 women were hired by the leaders of this ring, who promised a sum of $10,000 / baby, to carry and to sell their…

Objective: Encourage the integration of persons experiencing material and moral difficulties, through the free provision of meals and housing aid, to encourage their professional integration and social promotion. Location of the action : PARIS, 14°, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed: May 11/ 12 2015 : We met Didier, who is a homeless person. He was sleeping down in…

Objective : To promote assistance to migrant persons, such as asylum-seeking refugees and unaccompanied migrant children, facing significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : detailed information  to unaccompanied migrant children on children’ s rights moral and human support  detailed information on the best means to reach Sweden,  for those who requested it free legal assistance, on the asylum procedure in German law and European law, for those who requested…

FRANCE : The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights (in abbreviated : « OENDDF ») was heard on April 6, 2018 by the National Consultative Committee of Ethics (in abbreviated : « CCNE »), within the framework of the National Consultations on Bioethics, in FRANCE. ➡ These hearings in PARIS are part of a whole system deployed by…

Objective : To encourage the social and professional integration of young homeless persons, through an emergency housing activity, for their access to sustainable and stable housing. Means and resources deployed :  partnerships with Hotels for emergency housing activity, funded by our Organisation. Location of action : NANTES (Loire-Atlantique), FRANCE. June 2015: implementation of an emergency housing activity in a hotel structure for homeless persons. Quentin is 21 years…

Our Association collects good practices to improve the reporting and the recording of Access to Justice in the Member States of the European Union, especially for children, homeless persons, migrants or disabled persons. The cooperation between Associations and NGOs can be highly useful. If you are an Association, a Fundation or a NGO, and if…

Objective : To encourage the integration of of Roma and Romanian persons, and their young children, living in extreme material and moral difficulties in FRANCE. To provide for free distribution of meals and moral support. To restore the human dignity of Roma and Romanian persons, with their young children. To promote children’s rights and their right to education. Location…

UNION EUROPEENNE 🇪🇺. ✅ 17 mai 2020 : la Journée internationale contre l’homophobie et la transphobie vise à promouvoir des actions de sensibilisation et de prévention pour lutter contre la lesbophobie, la gayphobie, la biphobie et la transphobie. ✅ Le siège de Bruxelles de l’Union Européenne s’est illuminé pour célébrer notre diversité et nos valeurs….

The DIRECTIVE 2011/36 / EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, April 5, 2011, “recognizes that human trafficking has a dimension related to gender equality and that, in many cases, women and men are not victims of human trafficking for the same reasons. It is therefore appropriate that assistance and support measures…

1. STATE OF THE LAW. In 2013, the Council of Europe’s Bioethics Committee started to develop a new Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (EIS No. 164, adopted in 1997, better known as the « Convention of Oviedo « ). This Additional Protocol is a legal instrument  to protect the human rights and…

Objective : To promote assistance to migrant persons, such as asylum-seeking refugees and unaccompanied migrant children, facing significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : detailed information  to unaccompanied migrant children on children’ s rights moral and human support  detailed information on the best means to reach Sweden,  for those who requested it free legal assistance, on the asylum procedure in German law and European law, for those who requested…

Objective: To encourage the integration of persons experiencing material and moral difficulties, through the free provision of meals and housing aid, to encourage their professional integration and social promotion. Location of the action : PARIS, 14°, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed: May 11/ 12 2015 : We met Didier, who is a homeless person. He was sleeping down in…

In the field of ​​Gender Equality, and based on statistics indicating that more than one billion girls worldwide do not have the same rights as boys, we published on Twitter (@europeanobs) information on the need for education for Gender Equality : Égalité hommes-femmes et égalité filles-garçons : la discrimination sur ces droits reste tenace dans…

Objective :  To promote assistance to migrant people, living in tents or in very precarious conditions, in significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for free meals, moral and human support. Location of the action : CALAIS, PAS-DE-CALAIS (62), FRANCE. In a few years, the City of CALAIS has become a significant international migration platform. A team of volunteers of the European…

➡ Across the European Union, people face hatred because of their skin colour, ethnicity, religion, gender or sexuality. In response, the European Union and its Member States have introduced laws against hate crime and support services for victims. But these will only fulfil their potential : if victims report hate-motivated harassment and violence to the police,…

Objective : To make a Street Work for homeless persons. Location of the action : MONTREAL, CANADA. Means and resources deployed : August 2017 : One of our Teams of volunteers has made a great Street Work, to meet homeless men and to face the challenges of their situation. The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights (E.O.N.D.F.R.) has developed an extensive and in-depth expertise in the field of understanding…

Objective : To help Iraqi refugees, asylees in FRANCE, suffering from significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for free meals, as well as moral and human support. Location of the action : Region of MIDI-PYRENEES, near TOULOUSE (31), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : May 22-23-24 2015 : Sending a Team of volunteers of the European…

Objective : To support homeless persons in NANTES, FRANCE. Location of the action: NANTES (« Pays de la Loire » region), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed :  March 2019 : Our N.G.O. sent out several Teams of volunteers in the area of NANTES, FRANCE to provide homeless persons with concrete food aid, to make them aware of their rights, to encourage…

Objective: Encouraging the access to housing of people suffering from physical or mental disabilities, their professional integration, their social promotion and their social inclusion. Means and resources deployed : Closer working relationships and partnerships with the Associations of the European Union to support projects focusing on access to housing and professional integration of people with disabilities.  …

European Union 🇪🇺. ✅ 17 May 2020 : International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia aims to promote awareness and prevention actions to fight lesbophobia, gayphobia, biphobia and transphobia. ✅ Brussels headquarters were lighting up in celebration of our diversity and our values. ✅ European Union will always stand up for fundamental rights and for fundamental…

▶ In France, the number of Migrants rose to 800 and 1,200 in Paris and Saint-Denis, around 500 in Calais (Pas-de-Calais), around 400 in Grande-Synthe (North), around 200 in Ouistreham (Calvados), and several dozens are scattered along the coastline of the French Channel. ▶ Thousands of Migrants sleep every night on the street. ▶ Better housing Migrants…

Objective : To provide for schoolbags and school supplies to children of migrants.  By signing the International Convention of Children’s Rights, FRANCE and its European neighbors are committed to ensuring the rights of all children present on their territory, without distinction. These children come to us, whatever the reason, the means and the purpose, have the right to be protected, to have…

YAZDA – An International Yazidi Organization Yazda Organization is a US-based, 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, established to support the Yazidi ethno-religious minority group in the United States and the Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq and northeastern Syria. Yazda’s mission is to support the Yazidi community in the aftermath of the August 2014 genocide, committed by…