Partnership with the National Association P.S.O.U.U. in POLAND Since February 2015, to support non-discrimination policy against persons with mental or intellectual disabilities, and to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities, the European Observatory of non-discrimination and fundamental rights has agreed a partnership with the National Association PSOUU in POLAND to materially support very positive and very concrete actions to…

✅ A Mobile Team of the OENDDF’s Street Work succeeds, with the support of the dynamic Association ROMSI, in the rehousing of a young Romanian mother and her 4 children to INDRE (44), in the area of NANTES (LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE). ✅ This family leaves a squalid caravan and a muddy ground. ✅ Direct rehousing of homeless persons is…

✅ In France, in the Valley of the ROYA, Cédric Herrou has created the first farm Emmaüs Community, which employs and hosts migrant companions regardless of their administrative status, Emmaüs Roya, with 800 olive trees. Monthy wages :  350 € / month, with accommodation on site. ✅ Companions grow organic varieties of tomatoes, zucchini, squash, peppers, aubergine, basil…

 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…

 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…

Figures of poor housing, in France, in 2017. In FRANCE, the number of reforms in progress must not hide the fact that 4 million people are deprived of housing or are poorly housed :  ➡ 143,000 homeless persons ;  ➡ 25,000 persons live temporarily in an hotel as their principal residence ;  ➡ 85,000 people…

Objective : To promote assistance to migrant persons, such as refugees and asylum seekers, facing rooflessness, in significant material and moral difficulty, by providing for : free meals ; moral and human support ; a free legal assistance, on the asylum procedure in Italian law and European law, for those who requested it. Location of the action : Esplanade in front of…

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…

Objective : To support homeless persons in NICE, FRANCE. Location of the action: area of NICE (Alpes-Maritime region), FRANCE. Means and resources deployed :  December 2018 : Our Association sent out a Team of volunteers to organize during the Christmas period, including Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, free distributions of festive meals, a reminder of the right to the French « Active Solidarity Minimum » (« RSA ») Income and…

1/ In the framework of Surrogacy (also : Surrogate motherhood, gestational Surrogacy), and according to a Transparency Market Research study, surrogacy market was expected to reach $ 4.8 billion in 2017 worldwide. A mother must not become a simple means to transfer international funds. Woman’s body is not for sale. 2/ Extract from the Website : « Justice…

Objective : To look for warm and safe accommodation for homeless persons in ILE-DE-FRANCE. Location of the action : ILE-DE-FRANCE  – Suburbs of PARIS.  Means and resources deployed : December 2017 : Winter Patrols in the ILE-DE-FRANCE Region look for warm and safe accommodation for homeless persons, without waiting for the Plan « Great Cold » of the public authorities. The European…

Objective : To support collective actions against homelessness.  Location of the action : PARIS, PALAIS-ROYAL, FRANCE. Means and resources deployed : The European Observatory for Non-Discrimination and Fundamental Rights (E.O.N.D.F.R.) supports the French  » Collectif des Morts de la Rue  » : an artificial cemetery for homeless people who died in 2016 was created at Place du Palais-Royal in PARIS. This…

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…

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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…

Objective : To look for warm and safe accommodation for homeless persons in ILE-DE-FRANCE. Location of the action : ILE-DE-FRANCE  – Suburbs of PARIS.  Means and resources deployed : December 2017 : Winter Patrols in the ILE-DE-FRANCE Region look for warm and safe accommodation for homeless persons, without waiting for the Plan « Great Cold » of the public authorities. The European…

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…

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…

1/ The European Charter of Fundamental Rights sets out the basic rights that must be respected both by the European Union and the Member States when implementing EU law. The European Charter of Fundamental Rights is a legally binding instrument that was drawn up in order to expressly recognise, and give visibility to, the role…

Access to justice for all those who are victims of trafficking in human beings must be a priority of the Member States of the European Union. 1. EU POLICY On the 10th october 2016, the European Commission reports on Member States measures to combat trafficking in human beings The European Commission has adopted today two…

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…

✅ In France, in the Valley of the ROYA, Cédric Herrou has created the first farm Emmaüs Community, which employs and hosts migrant companions regardless of their administrative status, Emmaüs Roya, with 800 olive trees. Monthy wages :  350 € / month, with accommodation on site. ✅ Companions grow organic varieties of tomatoes, zucchini, squash, peppers, aubergine, basil…

INDIA 🇮🇳. ✅ Homosexuality is not a disease.  It is a personal discovery that a person makes about his / her sexuality. The attempt to « cure » is a mistake. ✅ This father’s speech of tolerance on his son’s gay marriage is poignant: it provides an example of education and training in listening to and understanding…

▶ Mickey MEJI founded in South Africa the abolitionist movement of women survivors of prostitution « KWANELE ». ▶ Having experienced prostitution for 9 years, she has especially campaigned with the sex work Lobby before becoming an abolitionist.  ▶ Today, she fights for the voices of the survivors (700) and their true wishes for their future. ▶…

Brunei 🇧🇳. ✅ Actor George Clooney is calling for a boycott of hotels linked to the Sultan of Brunei to denounce the persecution of homosexual persons by Sharia and whipping. ✅ The new law of Brunei, located on the island of Borneo, also provides for the death penalty for adultery and the amputation of a…

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…

▶ Mickey MEJI founded in South Africa the abolitionist movement of women survivors of prostitution « KWANELE ». ▶ Having experienced prostitution for 9 years, she has especially campaigned with the sex work Lobby before becoming an abolitionist.  ▶ Today, she fights for the voices of the survivors (700) and their true wishes for their future. ▶…

FRANCE 🇫🇷. ✅ The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against FRANCE for the  » inhuman living conditions  » of asylum seekers and for its lack of assistance to these asylum seekers, forced to live “on the street” and « deprived of means of subsistence ». ✅ The European Court also observed that the three exiled…

▶ In France, faced with hatred against homosexual persons on the Web, the Gay-friendly Lawyers Network, Stop Homophobie Association and Mousse Association decided to join forces to stop impunity on social Networks, especially on Twitter. ▶  200 criminal complaints were filed on January 17, 2019 by 20 Lawyers in 12 French Courts. Learn more : Hate against…

MINISTERE DU LOGEMENT, DE L’EGALITÉ DES TERRITOIRES ET DE LA RURALITÉ Madame Sylvia PINEL 72 Rue de VARENNE 75007 PARIS – FRANCE NANTES, le 9 Juin 2016 OBJET : DEMANDE DE PROJET DE LOI MODIFICATIF EN DROIT DU LOGEMENT. Nos Réfs : CM/SJ/ HANDICAP ET PERSONNES SANS-ABRI / MINISTERE DU LOGEMENT Madame la Ministre, L’Association de l’Observatoire Européen…