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. A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 106 Recommendations (A/HRC/16/52/Add.4)

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