E/C.12/74/D/70/2018 United Nations Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 9 November 2023 English Original: Spanish 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 communication No. 70/2018*, ** Communication submitted by: Sara Vázquez Guerreiro (represented by Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca de Leganés) Alleged victims: The author, D.S.V. and Y.S.V. State party: Spain Date of communication: 22 October 2018 (initial submission) Date of adoption of Views: 9 October 2023 Subject matter: Eviction of a family from a dwelling occupied without legal title Procedural issues: Manifest lack of substantiation; abuse of rights; exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issue: Right to adequate housing Articles of the Covenant: 3, 10 (3) and 11 (1) Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2 and 5 1.1 The author of the communication is Sara Vázquez Guerreiro, a national of Spain born on 3 May 1990. She submits the communication on her behalf and on behalf of her minor children, D.S.V. and Y.S.V., born on 20 December 2009 and 27 July 2017, respectively. The author claims that eviction from the dwelling she and her children currently occupy would violate her and her children’s rights under article 11 of the Covenant. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the State party on 5 May 2013. The author is represented by Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca de Leganés. 1.2 On 26 October 2018, the Committee, acting through its Working Group on Communications, registered the communication and asked the State party to take interim measures consisting of suspending the eviction of the author and her children while the communication was being considered or providing them with alternative housing suited to * Adopted by the Committee at its seventy-fourth session (25 September–13 October 2023). ** 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, Santiago Manuel Fiorio Vaesken, Ludovic Hennebel, Joo-Young Lee, Karla Vanessa Lemus de Vásquez, 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, Mikel Mancisidor de la Fuente did not participate in the examination of the communication. GE.23-20361 (E) 110124 110124