| Law 4228/2014 Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by the United Nations General Assembly (Κύρωση του Προαιρετικού Πρωτοκόλλου στη Σύμβαση κατά των βασανιστηρίων και άλλων μορφών σκληρής, απάνθρωπης ή ταπεινωτικής μεταχείρισης ή τιμωρίας τηςΓενικής Συνέλευσης των Ηνωμένων Εθνών) | Detainees can also appeal to the Independent authority of the Greek Ombudsman, who, under Article 2 of Law 4228/2014209, has been designated as National Preventive Mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which was ratified by the abovementioned law. |