CCPR/C/118/D/2242/2013 authorizations of 20 residents of the Halandri Roma settlement for the I Elpida cultural association to act on their behalf. 45 7.10 The authors also indicate that on 27 September 2014, the Deputy Mayor of Halandri led a fact-finding visit to the ABK 354 plot of land to assess whether the Roma community could be relocated there. On 29 September 2014, he sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the Decentralized Administration of Attica indicating that the location was unsuitable and not ready to receive anyone: works had not been undertaken,46 the location was isolated, being 12 kilometres away from the nearest intersection, there were no schools around or any other type of infrastructure, and it was exposed to low temperatures. In addition, there were no barriers to prevent people from falling from cliffs, there were crumbling buildings and open sewage manholes and there was no connection to the electricity supply. The Deputy Mayor of Halandri therefore requested the Secretary-General of the Decentralized Administration of Attica to ensure that any relocation site complied with international and national standards on adequate housing. 7.11 On 27 October 2014, the Secretary-General of the Decentralized Administration of Attica replied, designating 16 areas in Halandri suitable for the relocation. A copy was provided to the community. On 20 November 2014, the Mayor of Halandri replied, rejecting all the areas proposed. The authors claim that they have not been consulted regarding the areas proposed by the Secretary-General of the Decentralized Administration of Attica and that they have not accepted being relocated anywhere in Attica. On 26 November 2014, the Secretary-General of the Decentralized Administration of Attica sent a letter to the Mayor of Halandri recalling that it was the responsibility of the municipality to relocate the Roma community and that the nominated areas that had been identified as possible relocation sites could be changed by municipal authorities. The letter also indicated that if the Roma community was not relocated to areas that had been identified, it would be relocated to the ABK 354 plot of land. The authors learned about this letter on the Internet. On 14 December 2014, they sent a letter to the interior and justice ministries indicating that they had visited the areas identified by the Secretary-General of the Decentralized Administration of Attica for their relocation and that they found them acceptable. Therefore, they requested that areas for relocation be selected as soon as possible, in consultation with them. 7.12 The authors also state that because they have been denied effective legal aid, they may not be able to litigate key decisions in their case.47 They submit that the Municipality of Halandri has not issued the documents that would allow them to access legal aid through the “benefit of penury”.48 They added that on 1 July 2014, they filed a request with the Athens First Instance Prosecutor to update his demolition order dated 28 May 2012 and not 45 46 47 48 Aikaterini Kalamioti, Stylianos Kalamiotis (president of I Elpida), Ioannis Katsaris, Maria Mitrou, Dimitrios Mitrou, Panayotis Mitrou, Petros Loukas, Christos Mitrou, Georgios Katsipournas, Evangelos Mitrou, Christos Parianos, Dimitros Loukas, Spyridon Loukas, Konstantinos Loukas, Evangelia Louka, Eleni Kalamioti, Dimitros Kalamiotis, Thomas Mitrou, Panayotis Mitrou and Foteini Konstantinou. A copy of the letter and an unofficial translation of it have been provided. The authors have also provided photographs of the location. The authors indicate that so far the litigation had been carried out by volunteers from Greek Helsinki Monitor, but that due to a lack of funds, Greek Helsinki Monitor is no longer in a position to provide such assistance. They also indicate that due to the denial of legal aid, they have been prevented from litigating two motions for annulment and suspension of the 18 October 2013 decision submitted to the Athens Administrative Court of Appeal. They also advise that the Prosecutor opened a new criminal investigation against them. 11