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the arrangements for heating the border guard detention facilities in Ferres and Iasmos
during the winter months (paragraph 27);
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clarification as to the purpose of the cage-like cell at Hellenikon holding centre mentioned in
paragraph 29, as well as information on the frequency of its occupancy (paragraph 29).
Safeguards against the ill-treatment of detained persons
recommendations
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the Greek authorities to clearly circumscribe in law when the exercise of the right to inform
a third party of one’s custody can be delayed and any such a delay to be made subject to
appropriate safeguards (i.e. any delay to be recorded in writing along with the reason, and to
require the approval of the prosecutor or judge) and strictly limited in time (paragraph 38);
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the Greek authorities to reiterate to all law enforcement personnel the legal obligation to
grant access to a lawyer from the very outset of a person's deprivation of liberty and, when
appropriate, to arrange for the presence of an interpreter (paragraph 39);
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the Greek authorities to review the existing arrangements concerning access to a doctor and
the provision of health care for persons held in police stations, in light of the remarks made
in paragraph 41 (paragraph 41);
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the Greek authorities to take the necessary measures to ensure that any practice of coercion
to sign slips acknowledging receipt of information on rights is ended, and that the
information sheets and receipts exist in sufficient quantities in the relevant languages
(paragraph 42);
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the Greek authorities to develop and introduce individualised custody records in line with
the remarks made in paragraph 43 (paragraph 43);
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the Greek authorities to draw up a Code of Conduct for interrogations, in accordance with
the proposals made by the Committee (paragraph 44).
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the Greek authorities are invited to remind police officers that information sheets setting out
the rights of detained persons should systematically be given to all persons deprived of their
liberty at the very outset of custody (paragraph 42).
Establishments under the Ministry of Merchant Marine
recommendations
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containers of the type used in Chios never to be used to hold persons for more than a few hours
and always to be equipped with suitable seating and adequate ventilation (paragraph 46);
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the cell at the Port Authority of Mytilini to be taken out of use until such time as it has been
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