Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concerning communication No. 67/20181, 2
- * Adopted by the Committee at its seventy-first session (14 February–4 March 2022). ↩
- ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Aslan Abashidze, Mohamed Ezzeldin Abdel-Moneim, Nadir Adilov, Mohammed Amarti, Asraf Ally Caunhye, Laura-Maria Crăciunean-Tatu, Peters Sunday Omologbe Emuze, Ludovic Hennebel, Karla Vanessa Lemus de Vásquez, Seree Nonthasoot, Lydia Ravenberg, Preeti Saran, Shen Yongxiang, Heisoo Shin, Rodrigo Uprimny and Michael Windfuhr. Pursuant to rule 23 of the rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol, Mikel Mancisidor de la Fuente did not participate in the examination of the communication. ↩
Communication submitted by:
Deisy Karina Gómez Torres
Alleged victims:
The author and her minor daughter
State party:
Spain
Date of communication:
23 October 2018 (initial submission)
Subject matter:
Eviction from a dwelling that the author had rented from someone who turned out not to be the owner
Substantive issue:
Right to adequate housing
Article of the Covenant:
11 (1)
On 23 October 2018, the Committee registered the communication and requested the State party to take interim measures to suspend the eviction of the author and her daughter pending the consideration of the communication or to provide them with adequate alternative housing, in genuine consultation with them.
At its meeting on 28 February 2022, the Committee, having taken note of the State party’s request for discontinuance and of the author’s withdrawal of the case on the grounds that alternative housing had been granted, decided to discontinue consideration of communication No. 67/2018, in accordance with rule 18 of its rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol.