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.25-15754 (E) 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. 208/2021**, *** Communication submitted by: H.E.A. Alleged victims: The author, Y.L.E.A. and M.L.E.A. State Party: Spain Date of communication: 25 February 2021 (initial submission) Subject matter: Eviction of a family from a home they were occupying without legal title, without providing alternative housing. Substantive issue: Right to adequate housing Article of the Covenant: 11 1. The author of the communication claims that the State Party has violated her rights and those of her two children, Y.L.E.A. and M.L.E.A., under article 11 of the Covenant by evicting them without 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 author and her children pending the consideration of the communication or to provide them with adequate alternative housing, in genuine and effective consultation with her. 3. The State Party submitted its observations on the communication, which were transmitted to the author, who provided her comments. 4. At its meeting on 24 September 2025, the Committee, having noted that the author had vacated the property and the case against her had been closed, decided to discontinue its consideration of the communication, in accordance with rule 18 of its rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol.
* Reissued for technical reasons on 31 October 2025. ** Adopted by the Committee at its seventy-eighth session (8-26 September 2025). *** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Aslan Abashidze, Nadir Adilov, Lazhari Bouzid, Peijie Chen, 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.12/78/D/208/2021* Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 20 October 2025 English Original: Spanish