A/HRC/16/52/Add.4 (p) To subject police detention to rigid time limits and judicial review by a court on the legality of the detention, in line with international standards; (q) To install an effective and independent mechanism for the investigation of allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment by police officers, under a different authority from the Ministry of Citizen’s Protection; (r) To amend interrogation rules and procedures to allow the use of audioor videotaping, with a view to preventing torture and ill-treatment; (s) To transfer the responsibility for health care, including psychological care, in prisons and police detention facilities to the Ministry of Health; (t) To have the Ministry of Justice work closely with other relevant ministries to provide better services in education and reintegration programs. Safeguards and prevention (u) To register all persons deprived of their liberty from the very moment they are detained; (v) To insist that law enforcement officials keep accurate registers and custody records to ensure that every detainee is accounted for and held in an official place of detention; (w) To ensure that unrecorded and informal detention of persons in CIDs be immediately abolished and that those responsible for illegal detention are held accountable; (x) To ensure that all detainees, including irregular migrants and refugees, have the right, in practice, to contact legal representatives, consular authorities and family members; (y) To ensure that detained aliens are informed about the reasons of their detention and all proceedings concerning their detention are explained in a language they can understand; (z) To ensure that all refugees can access protection in Greece and file their asylum claims without any major obstacles, including by providing free legal and interpretation services; (aa) To perform medical and psychiatric assessments upon detention, so that those suffering from a disability receive medical treatment in line with international minimum standards; Conditions of detention (bb) To ratify and implement OP-CAT; establish an independent and effective national preventive mechanism mandated to carry out visits to all places of detention; (cc) To separate pretrial detainees from convicted prisoners in line with article 10 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; (dd) To separate juveniles from adults in all detention facilities; (ee) To ensure that detainees are confined in facilities complying with international minimum sanitary and hygienic standards and that they are provided with basic necessities (adequate floor space, bedding, food, water and health care); 22

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