-2CONTENTS
Copy of the letter transmitting the CPT’s report............................................................................5
I.
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................6
A.
Dates of the visit and composition of the delegation ..............................................................6
B.
Establishments visited...............................................................................................................7
C.
Consultations held by the delegation.......................................................................................9
D.
Cooperation between the CPT and the Greek authorities ....................................................9
E.
Immediate observations under Article 8, paragraph 5, of the Convention .......................11
II.
FACTS FOUND DURING THE VISIT AND ACTION PROPOSED ..............................12
A.
Law enforcement agencies......................................................................................................12
1.
Preliminary remarks ........................................................................................................12
2.
Torture and other forms of ill-treatment..........................................................................13
3.
a
introduction ............................................................................................................13
b.
information gathered in the course of the 2009 visit..............................................14
c.
investigations into allegations of ill-treatment .......................................................16
Safeguards against the ill-treatment of detained persons ................................................20
a.
introduction ............................................................................................................20
b.
criminal suspects held in a police or border guard station .....................................20
i.
access to a lawyer .........................................................................................21
ii.
access to a doctor .........................................................................................21
iii. notification of custody...................................................................................22
iv. information on rights ....................................................................................22
v.
custody records .............................................................................................23
vi.
inspection of police and border guard detention facilities ..........................24
c.
safeguards against ill-treatment for administratively detained irregular migrants.24