Decision; Subjects: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, SPAIN; [CESCR: UNO-Pakt I, Internationaler Pakt über wirtschaftliche, soziale und kulturelle Rechte; Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels]
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GE.25-03927 (E) 020425 020425 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concerning communication No. 170/2019*, ** Communication submitted by: M.D.C. et al. Alleged victims: The authors and their children State Party: Spain Date of communication: 17 November 2019 (initial submission) Subject matter: Eviction of a family from an apartment occupied without legal title Substantive issue: Right to adequate housing Article of the Covenant: 11 (1) 1. The authors of the communication claim that the State party violated their rights under article 11 (1) of the Covenant by evicting them without ensuring that they had alternative housing. 2. The Committee, through its Working Group on Communications, registered the communication and requested the State party to take interim measures to suspend the eviction of the authors and their family pending the consideration of the communication or to provide them with adequate alternative housing, in genuine and effective consultation with them. 3. The State party submitted its observations on the communication, which were transmitted to the authors for comment. 4. At its meeting on 14 February 2025, the Committee, having noted the withdrawal of the case by the authors on the ground that they had been provided with alternative housing, decided to discontinue its consideration of communication No. 170/2019, in accordance with article 18 of its rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol.
* Adopted by the Committee at its seventy-seventh session (10–28 February 2025). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Aslan Abashidze, Lazhari Bouzid, Asraf Ally Caunhye, Laura-Maria Crăciunean-Tatu, Charafat El Yedri Afailal, Peters Sunday Omologbe Emuze, Santiago Manuel Fiorio Vaesken, Ludovic Hennebel, Joo-Young Lee, Karla Vanessa Lemus de Vásquez, Seree Nonthasoot, Giuseppe Palmisano, Laura Elisa Pérez, Julieta Rossi, Preeti Saran and Michael Windfuhr. United Nations E/C.12/77/D/170/2019 Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 1 April 2025 English Original: Spanish