32 7. Conclusions also continues to raise Art. 8 ECHR concerns. As evidenced from participants’ interviews, Lastly, with regards to access to healthcare, the various aspects of the living conditions in the provisions of national law that guarantee Kos PRDC continue to fail to meet the access to healthcare for asylum seekers are still standards outlined in Greek national law, EU not met, while the apparent lack of access to law, and international human rights law.76 emergency health care raises concerns under Inadequate food and water continue to raise an both national and EU law, as well as under issue under Articles 3 and 9 of the European Articles 3 and 8 of the ECHR. Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). With regards to Article 3 ECHR, the administrative authorities of the Kos PRDC continue to fail to offer detained persons adequate diets and protect their wellbeing. Moreover, there may be an issue under Article 9’s requirement to account for detained persons’ religious beliefs D. Updates about procedural rights and remedies 1. Access to information and legal services as Ihsan shared his experienced that he did not i. Limited number of legal aid providers eat his meals because he did not know if they The November 2021 report outlined the were halal. existing legal organizations on Kos, in addition The lack of access to recreational activities in the Kos PRDC also continues to fail to meet the standards laid out in Greek, EU, and international human rights law, all of which are to be interpreted in light of the CPT’s standards. Such standards include an hour of exercise in open air, broader programmes of activities, and the provision of exercise facilities — none of which are provided to people detained in the PRDC. Moreover, Art. 3 of the ECHR establishes a positive obligation with regards to sanitary facilities, which authorities continue to fail to meet as interviewees reported that the facilities are generally in poor conditions and that detained persons are responsible for cleaning the facilities themselves. The lack of privacy individuals shared they experienced 76 For a more thorough discussion of the relevant standards, see Detained and Forgotten, supra note 3, at 35-42. to exploring the challenges that arose with attempting to inform detained persons about available legal services.77 As of January 2023, there remained a limited number of lawyers on Kos who specialise in asylum and refugee law. Three legal NGOs employing a total five Greek lawyers continued to provide general legal assistance to asylum seekers on the island during the reporting period, including Equal Rights. Additionally, the NGO Praksis employs one lawyer who works exclusively with unaccompanied minors in the Safe Zone. These lawyers are not only responsible for addressing unlawful detention, but also for covering the needs of asylum seekers in the asylum procedure. The limited number of lawyers on Kos therefore makes it difficult for detained persons to secure legal representation, although both asylum seekers and rejected 77 Detained and Forgotten, supra note 3, at 26-27. ‘Still detained and forgotten’ – Update on Detention Policies, Practices, and Conditions on Kos 2022/23