(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
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Recommendations
(A/HRC/16/52/Add.4)
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