United Nations
CCPR/C/127/D/2444/2014*
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
25 November 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional
Protocol, concerning communication No. 2444/2014**, ***
Communication submitted by:
A.S. et al. (represented by counsel, Theodoros
Alexandridis)
Alleged victims:
The authors and their families
State party:
Albania
Date of communication:
21 July 2014 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 92 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to
the State party on 7 December 2015 (not issued
in document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
8 November 2019
Subject matter:
Forced eviction of Roma
Procedural issue:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Substantive issues:
Effective remedy; cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment; freedom of movement; unlawful and
arbitrary interference with one’s home and
family; discrimination on the grounds of ethnic
origin
Articles of the Covenant:
2 (1) and (3), 7, 17, 23, 26 and 27
Article of the Optional Protocol:
5 (2) (b)
1.1
The authors of the communication are A.S., born in 1957, A.L., born in 1968, Ar. S.,
born in 1977, D.S., born in 1984, N.S., born in 1966, and S.S., born in 1968, all nationals of
Albania. They are submitting the communication on behalf of themselves and their families.
The authors claim that the forced and unjustified eviction that they were facing was in
breach of articles 7, 17, 23, 26 and 27, read alone and in conjunction with article 2 (3), of
* Reissued for technical reasons on 16 December 2019.
** Adopted by the Committee at its 127th session (14 October–8 November 2019).
*** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication:
Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Yadh Ben Achour, Ilze Brands Kehris, Arif Bulkan, Ahmed Amin
Fathalla, Shuichi Furuya, Christof Heyns, Bamariam Koita, Marcia V.J. Kran, Duncan Laki
Muhumuza, Photini Pazartzis, Hernán Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais,
Yuval Shany and Hélène Tigroudja.
GE.19-20356(E)