-9D.
Cooperation between the CPT and the Greek authorities
5.
The CPT's delegation held fruitful discussions with Michalis STATHOPOULOS, Minister
for Justice, as well as with Prodromos ASSIMIADIS, General Secretary of the Ministry of Justice,
Dimitrios EFSTATHIADIS, General Secretary of the Ministry of Public Order, Kiriaki BARDANI,
Director General of Penitentiary Policy, and other senior officials.
The delegation also had an interesting discussion with Georgios KAMINIS, Deputy
Ombudsman responsible for human rights, and meetings were held with relevant judicial authorities.
6.
The cooperation received during the visit was on the whole very good. In particular, the
delegation had rapid access to the establishments visited and, despite the reluctance occasionally
displayed by law enforcement officials, obtained all of the information it required to carry out its
task. It would appear that, in general, the management of all of the places of detention visited had
been informed of the possibility of a visit by the Committee and were reasonably knowledgeable
about its mandate.
The CPT wishes to express its appreciation for the assistance provided to its delegation during
the visit by Sevasti PAPAMITROPOULOU, Ministry of Justice, Panayiotis YIANNOULAS,
Ministry of Public Order, and Ioannis PANOPOULOS, Ministry of Merchant Marine.
7.
The CPT received detailed information on places of detention used on a permanent basis by
the police (under the authority of the Ministry of Public Order). However, it received no
information on places being used on an ad hoc basis by the police for detention purposes; the
delegation visited one such place, the Drepanos Camping site, which was holding immigration
detainees under the authority of the Igoumenitsa Police Headquarters. Further, no information was
provided on detention facilities used by the Coast Guard, under the authority of the Ministry of
Merchant Marine, or by the Customs authority, under the Ministry of Finance; the delegation
nevertheless visited detention facilities of both those agencies.
In this connection, the CPT wishes to recall that, under Article 8, paragraph 2 (b), of
the Convention, State Parties are required to provide to the Committee "full information on
the places where persons deprived of their liberty are being held".
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