ECHR : The “human right to beg”

The ECHR recognised the right of people in vulnerable situations to be able to convey their plight and attempt to meet basic needs by begging. With this judgement, the Court has stated for the very first time a “human right to beg”. The ruling involves a homeless mobile EU citizen of Roma origin and may have consequences in other European countries.

Lacatus v. Switzerland application no. 14065/15) 19.1.21
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-207377