Country

Cyprus

Detention issue

FRA research findings

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Prison (General) Regulations of 1997 [Οι περί Φυλακών (Γενικοί) Κανονισμοί του 1997]Foreign prisoners are facilitated to receive visits from diplomatic or consular representatives of the state to which they belong or of the state responsible for their interests or by any other national or international authority having as its mission to defend their interests or by persons contributing to the protection of their interests mitigate the specific problems arising from detention and in particular persons who speak their mother tongue.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report
2023Foreign prisoners serving a prison sentence, both third country nationals and European citizens, are indirectly subjected to discriminatory treatment, compared to Cypriot prisoners in a number of privileges, because of the non-timely clarification of their residence status in the Republic, after their release from prison. Report details