-8Establishment under the authority of the Ministry of Health - Corfu Psychiatric Hospital Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Merchant Marine - Chios Port Authority Mytilini Port Authority C. Consultations held by the delegation 4. In the course of the visit, the delegation held consultations with Georgios VOULGARAKIS, Minister of Public Order, Georgios KONSTANTOPOULOS, Deputy Minister for Social Solidarity, Ioannis JOANNOS, Secretary General of the Ministry of Merchant Marine, Christina PETROU, Director General of Prisons, and Spiros KYRIAKOPOULOS, Director General, Ministry of National Defence, as well as other senior officials from relevant Ministries and Services. The delegation also met Andreas TAKIS, Deputy Ombudsman. A list of the national authorities and non-governmental organisations met by the delegation is set out in Appendix II to this report. D. Cooperation between the CPT and the Greek authorities 5. In terms of access to the establishments visited and the information obtained to carry out its task, the cooperation received by the delegation during the visit was on the whole good. Further, it would appear that the management of 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 also wishes to express its appreciation for the assistance provided to its delegation during the visit by Ambassadors Athanassios Theodoracopoulos and Constantine Giovas of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colonel Grigorios Balakos of the Ministry of Public Order, Mrs Eftichia Katsigaraki of the Ministry of Justice, Mrs Kalliopi Mavratzotou of the Ministry of Health, Mr Constantinos Karagatsos of the Ministry of Merchant Marine and Mr Vasilios Makris of the Ministry of National Defence. 6. There were a few occasions when information provided on the spot was incomplete, and at times misleading. This was the case, for example, as regards Mytilini foreigners detention centre and Omonia police station. Similarly, the information received concerning Peplos and Venna special holding facilities for foreigners was incorrect; notably, the delegation was informed on 29 August 2005 that the Peplos centre was closed for renovation whereas, when visited six days later, it held more than 100 detainees and had been operating for some time. In this connection, the CPT wishes to stress that the obligation under Article 8, paragraph 2 (b), of the Convention, implies that the information provided about places of deprivation of liberty should be accurate.

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