CAT/OP/ITA/1/Add.1 guaranteeing initial assessment and periodic controls by qualified personnel. It is also established that migrants can have access to appropriate medical and psychological care services. Finally, Centers for First Reception provide special services for specific vulnerable individuals, also in collaboration with the local health-care authority concerned. The relevant Ministry of Health Guidelines will therefore provide guidance on how to operate the transition of responsibilities between the SPRAR or other programs and the general social and health-care system, in particular in situations where it is necessary to ensure therapeutic continuity of care. Para. 104 166. Police staff that operate at landing sites have precise information on situations of "vulnerability" of migrants as contained in the "Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), applicable to Italian Hotspots". 167. As part of its institutional functions, the Police intervenes to protect the victims of serious violence and exploitation, making use of protection means required by Italian legislation. In this regard, we recall that it provides specific programs for the victims of THB (See Annex No.1 below), a special residence permit for victims of domestic violence, the protection of unaccompanied foreign minors, as well as differentiated and specialized investigative pathways for alleged victims of sexual violence – that all in all are even more targeted in the event of minors, who have been victims of violence. Paras 105, 106, 108, 110 168. All joint return operations, organized in cooperation with FRONTEX, are made in accordance with the instructions contained in the Guidelines annexed to Decision 2004/573/EC transposed in a national handbook. All repatriated migrants under those operational contexts have been subject to a measure of repatriation by the Administrative Authority, in accordance with EU Directive 115/2008. 169. All Police officers involved in return operations have attended and passed, a specific course focused on the management of these operations. Paras. 111 to 114 170. The Italian legal system envisages specific safeguards and corresponding adequate judicial means to enable migrants to challenge an expulsion order, including the suspension effect stemming from the appeal. In this regard, mention should be made of the following provisions: Article 10-bis of Legislative Decree No. 286/1998; Articles 11, para.6, and Article 14 of the above Decree; Article 19 of Legislative Decree No. 150/2011; Article 35 of Legislative Decree No. 25/2008 (in addition to Legislative Decree No. 142/2015 as extensively reported under Part I). 171. More specifically, when an expulsion order is challenged, this complaint is considered by judicial Authorities as a matter of urgency. The complaint suspends the execution of the expulsion order up to the definition of the judicial proceeding. Within Tribunals, there are specialized Sections with judges specifically trained on migration legislation, including migrants’ rights. It is not unusual that an application rejected by the Territorial Commission is later reformed by the judicial Authority. 172. On a more general note, in terms of training, at both the central and local levels, the Superior School of Magistracy holds training courses on international protection, migration laws and migrants’ rights. 173. Along these lines, the inappropriate use of force by Police is punished in accordance with the penal code, which envisages, among others, under Article 608, the crime of “Abuse of authority against persons put under arrest or apprehended”. Similarly, Article 609 punishes the crime of “Arbitrary perquisition and personal inspection”. 30

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