ANNUAL SPECIAL REPORT 2016 in accordance with Article 23 of the Optional Protocol to the ­Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or ­Punishment of the General Assembly of the United Nations (OPCAT), ratified by Law 4228/2014. ■ This report reflects the activities of the Greek Ombudsman in 2016, as the National Torture Preventive Mechanism, in accordance with its competence under Article 2, Law 4228/2014. The reports are the product of visits to and on-site inspections of places of detention by Ombudsman experts; the final editing was carried out by special investigators Olga Lysandropoulou, Fotini Pantelidou and Michalis Tsapogas, under the supervision of the Deputy Ombudsman responsible for exercising the competence of the National Preventive Mechanism, Prof. George Nikolopoulos. Layout: Yannis Pandis © The Greek Ombudsman, Halkokondyli 17, 104 32 – ΑΘΗΝΑ www.synigoros.gr ISSN: 2623-3703

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