Input for the Thematic Report of the Special Rapporteur on Torture on Current Issues and Good Practices in Prison Management
Submission for the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council
Joint submission by Mobile Info Team and Border Violence Monitoring Network
NOVEMBER 2023
In this submission Mobile Info Team (MIT) and Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) argue that PRDCs should be considered as a significant challenge in preventing and responding to the torture and inhuman treatment of asylum seekers and third-country nationals in Greece due to evidence of systematic violence in these facilities including the infliction of physical violence on detained third country nationals, deprivation of adequate food and drinking water, denial of access to healthcare including in emergency situations, and poor conditions of detention, in addition to the lack of independent monitoring of conditions within PRDCs.
We call on the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to recognise PRDCs as an emerging priority in their work preventing torture and inhuman treatment.
