- 80 - the Greek authorities to take the necessary steps to ensure that the right of access to a lawyer becomes effective in practice as from the outset of custody. To this end, they should elicit the support of the Bar Associations, so that all detained persons without the means to pay for their own lawyers have rapid access to ex officio lawyers who carry out their duties in a diligent manner (paragraph 29); - the Greek authorities to ensure that the requirements as regards access to a doctor for persons held in police and border guard stations, as set out in paragraph 30, are met in practice (paragraph 30); - for so long as persons continue to be detained for prolonged periods in police and border guard stations, the provision of health-care in such facilities to be reviewed, in the light of the remarks made in paragraph 31 (paragraph 31); - the Greek authorities to take steps to ensure that all persons detained by the police - for whatever reason - are fully informed of their rights as from the very outset of deprivation of liberty (that is, from the moment when they are obliged to remain with the police). This should be ensured by provision of clear verbal information at the very outset, to be supplemented at the earliest opportunity (that is, immediately upon arrival at police premises) by provision of the information leaflet referred to in paragraph 32 (paragraph 32); - the Greek authorities to draw up a code of conduct for interrogations and to take steps to introduce electronic recording of police interviews, taking into consideration the remarks made in paragraph 33 (paragraph 33); - specific training in advanced, recognised and acceptable interviewing techniques to be regularly provided to the police officers concerned. A system of ongoing monitoring of police interviewing standards and procedures should also be implemented in order to facilitate the investigation of any allegations of ill-treatment (paragraph 33); - professional training for police operational officers and investigators to place particular emphasis on a physical evidence-based approach, thereby reducing reliance on information and confessions obtained through questioning for the purpose of securing convictions (paragraph 33); - the Greek authorities to develop and introduce an individualised custody record, taking into account the requirements set out in paragraph 34 (paragraph 34). comments - the information leaflets on detainees’ rights should be amended to include the right of access to a doctor (paragraph 32).

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