CCPR/C/126/D/2582/2015 reply. On 20 June 2006, the author’s counsel filed a complaint with the Greek Ombudsman. As a result, on 28 June 2006, the Ombudsman wrote to the Greek authorities, reminding them of their obligation to respond to the letter dated 30 March 2006. 7.7 The evictions in Makrygianni and Riganokampos in 2006 took place during the Patras European Cultural Capital event. On 27 July 2006, at 6 a.m., the police searched numerous sheds in Makrygianni in the presence of a prosecutor. According to Greek Roma who were present at the time of the operation, the prosecutor told them to vacate the sheds within 30 minutes. The Roma refused to leave until the authorities had informed them where they would be relocated to. Incensed, the prosecutor left. The houses of the Roma who were present were not demolished, due to their protests. The police log from the operation indicates that at 8.40 a.m., several Roma in the area assaulted the driver of the bulldozer, but fled before police could arrest them. Over the next few hours, the sheds of the Albanian Roma who were not present were demolished. The author provides photographs allegedly depicting demolished sheds belonging to Albanian Roma, and two sheds belonging to Greek Roma who stopped the demolition of their homes. 7.8 On 2 May 2007, representatives of the Patras Health Directorate visited the Makrygianni settlement, and later issued a report stating that because their living conditions were unacceptable, the Roma had to be relocated. However, the authorities took no action in response to the report. Heavy construction work taking place in the settlement rendered the living conditions even more difficult, and on 16 September 2007, bulldozers demolished the homes there as part of a public works project. The scores of Roma living there packed and left between 9 and 14 September 2007. The Makrygianni settlement was therefore eliminated, and most of its residents were evicted without receiving alternative accommodation or compensation. 7.9 Concerning article 7 of the Covenant, the State party was aware of the author’s presence in Patras, because during the criminal trial, one of the defendants stated that on the basis of a police order, the author should have been appearing at the Fifth Patras Police Station from September 2005 to October 2006. Although the State party claims that the author has not provided information about his living situation after the eviction, he has stated that he merely moved from one destitute settlement to another destitute settlement, from which he was also evicted. 7.10 Regarding article 17 of the Covenant, the author pursued his claim administratively and judicially. The author’s counsel (acting on behalf of all evicted Roma, including the author) repeatedly contacted the Greek authorities, including the Greek Ombudsman, before and after the July 2006 eviction. 7.11 With respect to article 23 of the Covenant, the author lived in his shed with his wife and children. The eviction orders used by the Government of Greece do not name all family members, only one. Thus, the author did not name his family members when contesting the eviction. 7.12 Concerning articles 26 and 27 of the Covenant, the State party has not provided any information on homes of non-Roma that were torn down during their absence for seasonal work in the same manner as the author’s home, without provision of alternative accommodation. 7.13 The author currently resides in his home village of Shijak in Albania. He suspects that the State party insisted on obtaining his current address in order to expel him from Greece after the expiration of his residence permit. Issues and proceedings before the Committee Consideration of admissibility 8.1 Before considering any claim contained in a communication, the Committee must decide, in accordance with rule 97 of its rules of procedure, whether the communication is admissible under the Optional Protocol. 8.2 The Committee has ascertained, as required under article 5 (2) (a) of the Optional Protocol, that the same matter is not being examined under another procedure of 9