(l) Bring all current legislation in line with the absolute prohibition of refoulement and make sure that the police authorities, prosecutors and judges carry out individual risk assessments in expulsion cases. Criminal Justice System (m) To combat the severe overcrowding in detention facilities by reforming the criminal and criminal procedure law aimed at decriminalizing certain offences (above all in relation to drug offences) and reducing prison sentences and applying non-custodial measures; Pass into law the Bill pending before the Legal Committee on Reform of the Correction Code to increase the use non-custodial measures such as community service. Situation during visit (See: A/HRC/16/52/Add.4) Information received in the reporting period The lack of any automatic individual assessment of the Readmission Agreement with Turkey, by Greek police, prosecutors of judges whether citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq or the Syrian Arab Republic face a serious risk of being deported by Turkish authorities to their countries of origin, constitutes a violation of the principle of non-refoulement. Government: Law 3904/2010 was passed with favorable arrangements in cases for which smaller sentences are imposed for violation of criminal legislation and with major favorable changes concerning the prerequisites for a prisoner to serve the imposed sentence through social service. The main arrangements are: - prohibition of detention for legal costs or monetary fines up to EUR 3,000; - conversion, as a rule, of custodial sentences ranging from two to three years into monetary fines; - the payment of sentences converted into monetary fines can be made within a period of two to three years or converted into social service; - reinforcement of the institution of A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 94 Recommendations (A/HRC/16/52/Add.4)

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