Women
ll. The Special Rapporteur concurs with the CAT recommendation to
amend article 137A of the Penal Code on torture so as to explicitly
include rape and others forms of sexual violence as a form of torture
rather than the phrase ―a serious breach of sexual dignity‖ as found in
the existing legislation.
Situation during visit
(See: A/HRC/16/52/Add.4)
The level of medical and
educational services is very low
and they receive no financial
allowance. As a consequence,
many are forced to live on the
streets and have to resort to
illegal activities to survive.
The women held at Venizelos
Airport Police Station were held
in much better conditions than
the men. However, they
complained about the lack of
cleaning supplies and hygiene
products.
Many women detained in
migration detention centers were
even more affected by the
appalling conditions of detention
and the lack of hygiene as they
had to take care for small
children.
One of the most serious
complaints received was the
ongoing practice of interbody
searches. The Government
reported that the practice of
―vaginal searches‖ of female
prisoners was abolished in
September 2010. The
Penitentiary Code (section 23,
para. 6) provides the basis on
which an inter-body search may
Information received in the reporting period
days as they cannot be deported to Turkey
under the Greece-Turkey readmission
agreement, some unaccompanied children
out of 120 children held in Fylakio
detention centre had been held for 40 days
and longer. Children are detained because
they can only be released once they are
assigned a place in a care centre.
Government: No intra body search took
place in 2011 in the Prison Establishment of
Korydallor.
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Recommendations
(A/HRC/16/52/Add.4)
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