Special Rapporteur 2023 - Stefano Portelli - Italy

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Special Rapporteur 2023 - Stefano Portelli - Italy

1 May 2023

The Presidency provided a written submission for the hearing, in which it requested the Court to resume the eviction, on the basis that, as it claimed: interim measures requested by Treaty Bodies are non-binding and should be considered as mere recommendations; that it should be the executive, and not the judiciary, that is obliged to implement such measures; and that the eviction is in line with. [...] These claims purposely undermined the clear obligation of each State party to a human rights instrument to comply in good faith with the obligations therein, which is clearly stated in the Italian Constitution, and in line with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. [...] The company is currently under investigation for fraud, but nonetheless the intervention of the Council of Ministries resulted in the resumption of eviction proceedings, and the woman risks being evicted without any alternative and therefore will be forced to live on the streets. [...] It had requested to the City Council to meet the authors of the communications; however, it unfortunately transpired that these meetings were requested in order to gain information to be used in support of arguments by the CIDU to dismiss the communications. [...] The housing crisis in Italy, if not managed with a clear and immediate comitment to uphold human rights responsibilities, is likely to lead to an even greater number of vulnerable people in society, with greater costs at the economic and social levels and a further undermining of the dignity and integrity of hard working vulnerable families and the Rule of Law itself.
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