Greece: Information on protection available to victims of spousal abuse and whether protection is equally available to non-Greek women who are holders of alien resident permits
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GRC19899.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Greece: Information on protection available to victims of spousal abuse and whether protection is equally available to non-Greek women who are holders of alien resident permits, 1 March 1995, GRC19899.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acbc7c.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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Specific information on the above-mentioned subject could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
For general information on police attitude to domestic violence, and the facilities and services available in Greece to victims of spousal abuse, please consult Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1994, now available at Regional Documentation Centres. For general information on violence against foreign women in Greece, please consult the attachments.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
Attachments
Daily Mirror [London]. 16 April 1994. Carol Midgley. "Got Him; Victim Goes Back to Get Greek Sex Brute Jailed; British Weeps with Relief after Greek Sex Fiend is Jailed for Six Years." (NEXIS)
The Independent [London]. 22 September 1994. Barbara Rowlands. "Help, I'm British and I've Been Raped; Sexual Attacks on British Women Abroad are on the Increase; Isolation, Language Barriers and Unsympathetic Police Make Prosecutions Rare." (NEXIS)
Sources Consulted
News From Helsinki Watch.
On-line searches of news articles.
Oral sources.
Preliminary Report Submitted by the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, in Accordance with [United Nations] Commission on Human Rights Resolution 1994\45.
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women Reports. 1992-1994.
WEP International News Bulletin. 1994.
WIN News. 1994.
The Women's Watch. 1994.
