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Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and a coordinating mechanism allowed the State to
monitor its implementation.
125. The Hellenic Police had improved the electronic registration and identification of
offences involving racist violence, including the relevant bias motivation. A standardized
method for recording racially motivated crimes had been defined, and additional steps in that
direction were envisaged in the national action plan against racism and intolerance. Special
attention had been paid to the participation of Hellenic Police officers in training on human
rights, in particular on the rights of Roma and persons with disabilities.
126. The Greek Ombudsman had been designated as the national mechanism for the
investigation of incidents of arbitrariness by law enforcement personnel and prison officers,
covering allegations of torture, unlawful use of firearms, and unlawful behaviour based on
racism or other discrimination. The relevant powers of the Greek Ombudsman had been
further enhanced.
127. The national deinstitutionalization strategy and action plan had been drafted with the
support of the European Commission and in consultation with the disability rights movement
in Greece. The strategy described the reforms required to develop a framework for services
that would meet the individualized needs of children and persons with disabilities.
128. Asylum processes had been accelerated in Greece as a result of new legislative and
structural reforms and the digitization of asylum procedures. The so-called HELIOS
programme was being implemented with the aim of promoting the integration of beneficiaries
of international protection. To further support the integration of refugees and asylum seekers,
Greece and UNHCR had signed a memorandum of understanding, and the education of
migrant children remained a priority for Greece.
129. The head of delegation thanked all the delegations for their active participation in the
universal periodic review of Greece. He expressed his sincere gratitude to the universal
periodic review secretariat, the conference services staff and the interpreters for the smooth
running of the review.
II. Conclusions and/or recommendations
130. The following recommendations will be examined by Greece, which will provide
responses in due time, but no later than the forty-ninth session of the Human Rights
Council:
130.1
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of
All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Albania) (Bangladesh)
(Burkina Faso) (Côte d’Ivoire) (Libya) (Rwanda); Consider ratifying the
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of their Families (Philippines) (Timor-Leste); Proceed with the
ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Togo); Consider the
possibility of acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the
Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Algeria);
Become a party to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (Azerbaijan);
130.2
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Albania) (Belgium) (Cyprus) (Portugal)
(Slovenia) (South Africa); Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Senegal);
Proceed with the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Togo); Sign and ratify the
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights (Italy);
130.3
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child on a communications procedure (Côte d’Ivoire) (Cyprus) (Czechia)
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