Suchergebnisse

Esta comunicación analiza los recientes pronunciamientos del Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (Comité DESC) en materia de vivienda y sus posibles efectos en el ordenamiento jurídico español. Se aborda en especial el dictamen del Comité en el caso Ben Djazia et al. y la problemática de los desahucios en España. Tras un resumen analítico de las recientes resoluciones del Comité DESC en este ámbito, tanto en el marco del mecanismo de evaluación periódica de los Estados parte en el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales como del mecanismo de reclamaciones individuales previsto por el Protocolo Facultativo al Pacto, se evalúan sus posibles efectos desde la perspectiva de su recepción jurisprudencial y legislativa.

At a time where companies process massive amounts of personal data enabling them to generate complex profiles of consumers, the question how the fundamental rights of data protection and nondiscrimination in the European Union (EU) can still guard individuals against abuses arises with special impetus. Although the issue of "price discrimination" via algorithms has been analysed from the standpoint of how these algorithms are designed and in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an enquiry into how antidiscrimination law specifically interacts with data protection law remains crucial to understand how individuals are protected in their access to goods and services, especially in the context of pricing algorithms.

At a time where companies process massive amounts of personal data enabling them to generate complex profiles of consumers, the question how the fundamental rights of data protection and nondiscrimination in the European Union (EU) can still guard individuals against abuses arises with special impetus. Although the issue of "price discrimination" via algorithms has been analysed from the standpoint of how these algorithms are designed and in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an enquiry into how antidiscrimination law specifically interacts with data protection law remains crucial to understand how individuals are protected in their access to goods and services, especially in the context of pricing algorithms.

This paper focuses on socioeconomic disadvantage as a significant source of inequality in the realm of housing. Taking into account international and European human rights law, as well as selected domestic systems, it will show how anti-discrimination law has a significant role to play in addressing socioeconomic inequalities in the field of housing. Part I will explore the notion of non-discrimination on the grounds of socioeconomic status. Part II will examine two specific mechanisms to incorporate socioeconomic considerations into anti-discrimination legislation: public sector equality duties, and the inclusion of socioeconomic disadvantage as a prohibited ground of discrimination. Part III brings the discussion further into the context of housing. The paper concludes by suggesting that anti-discrimination law can be mobilised to secure the effective exercise of the right to housing by socioeconomically disadvantaged groups.

The presentation explores whether housing law and anti-discrimination law can be reflected upon jointly in order to address socioeconomic inequalities, understood as major constraints to the access to adequate housing. The first section analyses the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of socioeconomic status as contained in selected international human rights instruments and in European Union law, in light of the guidance of the bodies tasked with their interpretation and application. The second section focuses specifically on housing, examining how the aforementioned prohibition applies in this field and which specific mechanisms ought to be put in place to effectively secure the right to housing of low-income groups.