E/C.12/75/D/226/2021 E/C.12/75/D/227/2021 United Nations Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 13 March 2024 Original: English Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Views adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concerning communications No. 226/2021 and No. 227/2021*, ** Communications submitted by: Hamid Saydawi and Masir Farah (both represented by counsel, Stefano Portelli) Alleged victims: The authors State party: Italy Dates of communications: 10 and 12 September 2021 (initial submissions from Mr. Saydawi and Mr. Farah, respectively) Date of adoption of Views: 16 February 2024 Subject matter: Eviction of two families from a dwelling that they were occupying without legal title Procedural issue: Exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issue: Right to adequate housing Article of the Covenant: 11 (1) Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2, 3 (1) and 5 1.1 The authors of the communications, both nationals of Morocco, are Hamid Saydawi, born on 4 April 1963, and Masir Farah, born on 10 October 1975. They claim to be victims of a violation by the State party of their rights under article 11 (1) of the Covenant. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 20 February 2015. The authors are represented by counsel. 1.2 On 10 and 12 September 2021, the Committee, acting through its working group on communications, registered the communications and asked the State party to suspend the eviction of the authors and their families while the communications were pending before the Committee or to provide them with alternative housing suited to their needs in order to avoid causing irreparable harm to them and their families. * Adopted by the Committee at its seventy-fifth session (12 February–1 March 2024). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Aslan Abashidze, Mohamed Ezzeldin Abdel-Moneim, Nadir Adilov, Asraf Ally Caunhye, Laura-Maria Crăciunean-Tatu, Peters Sunday Omologbe Emuze, Santiago Manuel Fiorio Vaesken, Ludovic Hennebel, Joo-Young Lee, Karla Vanessa Lemus de Vásquez, Mikel Mancisidor de la Fuente, Seree Nonthasoot, Lydia Carmelita Ravenberg, Julieta Rossi, Preeti Saran, Shen Yongxiang and Michael Windfuhr. Pursuant to rule 23 of the rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol, Mohammed Amarti did not take part in the examination of the communication. GE.24-03814 (E) 120324 120324