- 65 APPENDIX I LIST OF THE CPT'S RECOMMENDATIONS, COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION A. Law enforcement agencies Torture and other forms of ill-treatment recommendations - appropriate action to be taken to avoid a repetition in the future of the kind of situation referred to in paragraph 15 (paragraph 15); - the Greek authorities to strenuously reiterate the message of zero tolerance of ill-treatment of detained persons and to reinforce it with a statement at the appropriate political level (paragraph 16); - the Greek authorities to seek to integrate human rights concepts into practical professional training for high-risk situations such as the apprehension and questioning of suspects. Further, specific training should be provided to those police officers who carry out custodial duties, emphasising their duty of care and the responsibility they have for all detainees during their time of detention in police stations (paragraph 17); - whenever criminal suspects brought before a prosecutor or judge allege ill-treatment by law enforcement officials, the prosecutor/judge to record the allegations in writing, order immediately a forensic medical examination and take the necessary steps to ensure that the allegations are properly investigated. Such an approach should be followed whether or not the person concerned bears visible external injuries (paragraph 19); - even in the absence of an express allegation of ill-treatment, the prosecutor/judge to request a forensic medical examination whenever there are other grounds to believe that a person brought before him could have been the victim of ill-treatment (paragraph 19) - appropriate steps to be taken to ensure that persons who may have been victims of illtreatment by law enforcement officials are not dissuaded from lodging a formal complaint (paragraph 19); - the Greek authorities to establish a system of regular visits to law enforcement establishments by an independent authority, having regard to the remarks made in paragraph 21 (paragraph 21). requests for information - the current treatment of the person referred to in paragraph 15 (paragraph 15); - statistics for the period 2004 and 2005 regarding criminal and disciplinary sanctions against police officers concerning excessive or irregular use of force, as well as the number of sworn administrative cases opened, and statistics on the follow-up taken in respect of these cases (paragraph 20);