Greece

Region
Western Europe and Others
Regional Court
European Court of Human Rights
Regional Organisations
European Court of Human Rights
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
European Union
Council of Europe
Legal System
Civil
International Obligations
Slavery
Servitude
Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery
Forced Labour
Human Trafficking

International Instruments

1926 Slavery Convention
04 July 1930
1953 Protocol to the Slavery Convention
12 December 1955
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
13 December 1972
1966 ICCPR
05 May 1997
1930 Forced Labour Convention
13 June 1952
2014 Protocol to the 1930 Forced Labour Convention
Not Party
1957 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
30 March 1962
1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
06 November 2001
2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons
11 January 2011
1998 Rome Statute of the ICC
15 May 2002

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and Slave Trade
Practices Similar to Slavery
Servitude
Forced or Compulsory Labour
Human Trafficking
Provisions related to slavery are found in the Penal Code which prohibits the slave trade at article 323.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Greece which prohibits institutions and practices similar to slavery.
There appears to be no legislation in place in Greece which prohibits servitude.
Provisions related to forced labour are found in the Constitution which prohibits all forms of compulsory work at article 22(4).
Provisions related to trafficking in persons are found in the Penal Code which criminalises trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation (article 351) and trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation or the removal of organs (article 323A).

Legislative Provisions

AWAD REPORT

CONSTITUTION OF GREECE 1975 (REV. 2008)

GREEK PENAL CODE (AS AMENDED BY LAW NO 4198 OF 2013)

LAW NO 3948/2011 ON THE ADAPTATION OF INTERNAL LAW TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ICC STATUTE

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