Sliding Fast Down the Slippery Slope of Criminalization of Poverty in Strugurel Ion Dian against Denmark

By Sarah Ganty In Dian, the Court flushes the promise of the Lăcătuş judgment that ‘begging, as a form of the right to call on another person to obtain his or her assistance, must evidently be regarded as a basic freedom’ (§59) down the drain. The Court adopts a skewed vision of poverty, finding in … Continue reading Sliding Fast Down the Slippery Slope of Criminalization of Poverty in Strugurel Ion Dian against Denmark