Greece 2023 Human Rights Report
Executive Summary
There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Greece
during the past year.
Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: cruel, inhuman,
or degrading treatment or punishment of prison detainees and of migrants
and asylum seekers by law enforcement authorities; crimes involving
violence targeting members of national, racial, or ethnic minority groups;
and crimes involving violence or threats of violence targeting lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex persons.
The government regularly took steps to investigate, prosecute, and punish
officials who committed human rights abuses, whether in the security forces
or elsewhere in the government. There were, however, complaints from
nongovernmental organizations and international organizations regarding
government failures to effectively investigate allegations of forced returns
of asylum seekers and to hold those responsible to account.
Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person
a. Arbitrary Deprivation of Life and Other Unlawful or
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023
United States Department of State • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor