-2CONTENTS
Copy of the letter transmitting the CPT'S report ..................................................................................5
Preface ..................................................................................................................................................6
I.
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................7
A.
Dates of the visit and composition of the delegation ..............................................................8
B.
Establishments visited...............................................................................................................9
C.
Consultations undertaken by the delegation ........................................................................10
D.
Co-operation received during the visit..................................................................................10
E.
Context of the CPT's visit.......................................................................................................11
II.
FACTS FOUND DURING THE VISIT AND ACTION PROPOSED ..............................12
A.
Police establishments ..............................................................................................................12
1.
Preliminary remarks ........................................................................................................12
2.
Torture and other forms of ill-treatment..........................................................................13
3.
Formal safeguards against the ill-treatment of persons detained by the police...............19
4.
a.
introduction ............................................................................................................19
b.
notification of custody............................................................................................19
c.
access to a lawyer...................................................................................................20
d.
access to a doctor ...................................................................................................21
e.
information on rights..............................................................................................22
f.
conduct of interrogations........................................................................................22
g.
supervision by the judicial authorities....................................................................23
h.
persons detained under the Aliens legislation ........................................................23
Conditions of detention in police establishments ............................................................23
a.
introduction ............................................................................................................24
b.
situation in the establishments visited....................................................................24
i.
police stations/headquarters.........................................................................24
Athens ..................................................................................................24
Larissa.................................................................................................27
Thessaloniki.........................................................................................27
ii.
transfer centres .............................................................................................29
iii. Aliens Holding Centre at Athens airport ......................................................31
iv. police establishments in general...................................................................33