-6I. INTRODUCTION A. Dates of the visit and composition of the delegation 1. In pursuance of Article 7 of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter referred to as "the Convention"), a delegation of the CPT carried out a visit to Greece from 23 September to 5 October 2001. The visit formed part of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 2001. It was the Committee's third periodic visit to Greece (the first two having taken place in March 1993 and in May-June 1997)1. 2. The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT: - John OLDEN, Head of the delegation - Fatmir BRAKA - Andres LEHTMETS - Ole Vedel RASMUSSEN - Rudolf SCHMUCK - Pieter Reinhard STOFFELEN. They were assisted by: 1 - James McMANUS, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Law, University of Dundee, Scotland (expert) - Françoise BRON-HADZINICOLAOU (interpreter) - Maria LOUCA (interpreter) - Myrto ROUSSOU-ATZITIRIS (interpreter) - Danai Niki TZAMTZIS (interpreter) - Alexander ZAPHIRIOU (interpreter) The CPT has also carried out two ad hoc visits to Greece, in November 1996 and in October-November 1999.