The Officers of the Commissioner’s Office were also informed
that pharmaceutical treatments to persons detained in the
Detention Centre are administered by the Police Officers on
duty. Medicines are provided by their relatives, together with
the relevant medical prescription, or by a physician following
their examination before their transfer to the Detention Centre.
The Commissioner in her report disagreed with the said
practice and noted that, based on the last report of the
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
(CPT), published on 26 April 2018 following its visit to
Cyprus in February 2017, pharmaceutical treatments
should only be administered by qualified medical and
nursing staff.
Based on the foregoing, the Commissioner made the following
recommendations on the improvement of treatment and living
conditions of detainees:
Third-country nationals under detention should be
detained separately from other detainees and be
transferred to the Detention Centre for Prohibited
Immigrants, if their return is not foreseen or possible within
24 or 48 hours from their arrest.
Leaflets on the Rights of Detainees and the Detention Centre
Rules should be made available in each cell.
Arranging the entertainment area in order to provide
means of entertainment and creative activities, such as
magazines, books, newspapers and books, and speeding up
the necessary works to create an outdoor exercise
area/yard time.
Implementation of a specific Plan for detainees with
disabilities.
Administration of pharmaceutical treatments should
only be made by specialised staff.
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