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Abbreviations
CAT
Convention Against Torture
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
APD
European Asylum Procedures Directive
ECHR
European Convention of Human Rights
ECtHR
European Court of Human Rights
EODY
National Organization of Public Health
EU
European Union
GAS
Greek Asylum Service
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
JMD
Joint Ministerial Decision
OHCHR
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
PCR
Polymerase chain reaction
PPE
Personal protective equipment
RCD
European Reception Conditions Directive
RIC
Reception and Identification Centres
RIS
Reception and Identification Services
RT-PCR
Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
SGBV
Sexual and gender-based violence
SMH
Salvamento Marítimo Humanitario
UAM
Unaccompanied minors
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
WGAD
United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
WHO
World Health Organization
‘Quarantine of Asylum Seeker’ – A legal classification of the quarantine practice on Chios