provisions of the Code of Criminal procedure, the preliminary
investigation undertaken by investigating officers of the prosecutor
of the Court of Magistrates, who is entitled to attend all investigating
procedures, either in person or by one of the deputy public
prosecutors under his command, and to take knowledge at any time
of all documents referring to the investigation (Articles 31 and 33).
Therefore, the present statutory framework adequately covers this
case. It stands to reason that the attendance of public prosecutors in
all the preliminary investigation activities of the investigating police
officers is practically impossible, given the limited number of
prosecution officers.
2.
With regard to the Committee's recommendation for the
establishment of a separate formal code of Behavior effective in the
case of preliminary investigations conducted by investigating police
officers (par. 93, PP 64-65, CPT Report and page 65, Appendix 1
thereto), we would like to inform you the following :
a.
With regard to the recommendations of paragraphs 82 (page
59), 85-87 (pages 59-61), 92, 94-96 (pages 64-67) of the CPT
Report and pages 63-66 of Appendix 1 thereof, referring to the
matters of the communication of the detainees, both Greek and
foreign nationals, with their family members or other persons
(Consuls etc) and with the counsels of their choice, the
attendance of counsels during the preliminary investigation
procedure and the foreign nationals' deportation procedure, the
legal aid accorded by to prisoners without means of their own
(both Greek and foreign nationals), the leaflets informing
prisoners and detained foreign nationals awaiting deportation of
their rights, and the measures adopted by the Hellenic Police
Force to secure at said persons can exercise their rights in
practice.
On the basis of circular order No 4803/22/14-a of 3 November
1995 issued by the Chief of the Hellenic Police Force, the
information forms detailing the rights of the persons detained by
the Police Authorities were standardized, and their
implementation was ordered according to the instructions
contained therein.
These information forms are divided into two categories.
Information forms intended for all detainees (Sample D-33) and
special information forms intended for foreign nationals
detained pending their administrative deportation (Sample KA
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