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STRASBOURG, 11.06.97 A delegation of the COUNCIL OF EUROPE Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) has recently carried out a two week visit to Greece. The visit, which began in Athens on 25 May 1997, was carried out within the framework of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 1997. It was the Committee's second periodic visit to Greece, the first having taken place in 1993.
The members of the delegation were:
The delegation was assisted by James MacKEITH (Consultant Forensic Pyschiatrist, the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, London) and James McMANUS (Scottish Prisons Complaints Commissioner, Edinburgh) as well as by Geneviève MAYER (Deputy Secretary of the CPT) and Petya NESTOROVA of the CPT's Secretariat.
The delegation visited the following places:
Police establishments:
Athens
- Police Headquarters, Alexandras Avenue (*)
- Drapetzona Police Station, Piraeus
- Police Station No.2, East Terminal, Athens Airport
- Hellenikon Holding Centre for Aliens (*)
- Holding Areas at Athens Airport
- Piraeus Holding Centre for Aliens, Asklepiou Street
- Piraeus Transfer Centre for Prisoners, Notara Street (*)
Corfu
- Police Headquarters, Alexandras Street
- Police Station, Samartzi Street
Ioanina
- Police Headquarters, 28 October Street
- Perama Centre for Illegal Immigrants
Thessaloniki
- Police Headquarters
- Police Station, Democracy Square
Prisons
- Korydallos Prison Complex, Athens (*)
- Corfu Prison
- Diavata Judicial Prison, Thessaloniki
Psychiatric establishments
- Attica State Mental Hospital, Athens (*)
- Thessaloniki State Mental Hospital
Other establishments
- Detention facilities of the Courts of First Instance, Evelpidon, Athens
(*) first visited by the CPT during its periodic visit in 1993
In accordance with Article 11 of the European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the information gathered by the CPT in relation to its visit to Greece and its consultations with the Greek authorities are confidential.
The CPT was set up under the 1987 European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The following member States of the Council of Europe are bound by the Convention: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, "The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (as from 1 October 1997), Turkey, Ukraine (as from 1 September 1997) and the United Kingdom.
The CPT is composed of persons from a variety of backgrounds: lawyers, medical doctors, prison experts, persons with parliamentary experience, etc. Its task is to examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. For this purpose, it is entitled to visit any place where such persons are held by a public authority. It may formulate recommendations to strengthen, if necessary, their protection against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The CPT organises periodic visits as well as any other visits which appear to it to be required in the circumstances.
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