CCPR/C/126/D/2582/2015
United Nations
International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights
Distr.: General
14 August 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Committee
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol,
concerning communication No. 2582/2015*, **
Communication submitted by:
G.I. (represented by counsel, Panayote Elias
Dimitras of Greek Helsinki Monitor)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Greece
Date of communication:
26 January 2015 (initial submission)
Document references:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 97 of the
Committee’s rules of procedure (now rule 92),
transmitted to the State party on 6 March 2015
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
25 July 2019
Subject matter:
Forced eviction from informal settlement
Procedural issues:
Abuse of the right of submission; admissibility –
manifestly ill-founded; admissibility – victim
status
Substantive issues:
Arbitrary/unlawful interference; cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment;
discrimination; effective remedy; family rights;
housing rights
Articles of the Covenant:
7 and 17 (1) and (2); and 23 (1), 26 and 27, each
read alone and in conjunction with 2 (1), (2) and
(3)
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
1 and 2
* Adopted by the Committee at its 126th session (1–26 July 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, Duncan Laki Muhumuza, Hernán
Quezada Cabrera, Vasilka Sancin, José Manuel Santos Pais, Yuval Shany, Hélène Tigroudja, Andreas
Zimmermann and Gentian Zyberi. In accordance with rule 108 of the Committee’s rules of procedure,
Photini Pazartzis did not participate in the examination of the communication.
GE.19-13827(E)