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Greece

Summary of Domestic Prohibition

Slavery and slave trade

Provisions related to slavery are found in the Penal Code which prohibits the slave trade at article 323.

Practices similar to slavery and servitude

There appears to be no legislation in place in Greece which prohibits institutions and practices similar to slavery.

Servitude

There appears to be no legislation in place in Greece which prohibits servitude.

Forced or compulsory labour

Provisions related to forced labour are found in the Constitution which prohibits all forms of compulsory work at article 22(4).

Human trafficking

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).

Forced marriage

There appears to be no legislation in Greece that addresses forced marriage.

Consent to marriage

Provisions requiring consent to marriage in Greece are found in the civil code , article 1350 of which states that for the conclusion of marriage the agreement of the future spouses is required. The relevant statements must be made in person and without condition or time limit. The future spouses must be at least eighteen years old. The court may, after hearing the couple and the persons exercising custody of the minor(s), authorize the marriage before the future spouse(s) reaching that age, if the marriage is imposed by good reason.

Servile marriage

There appears to be no legislation in Greece that prohibits servile matrimonial transactions.

Marriage trafficking

There appears to be no legislation in Greece that prohibits marriage trafficking.

Minimum age for marriage

The minimum age for marriage in Greece is 18, without differentiation by gender, as set out on Article 1350 of the Civil Code. However, marriages below this age are be permitted by the court in case of good reason, as set out on Article 1350 of the Civil Code. These exceptions are not differentiated by gender.

Region

Western Europe and Others

Regional Court

European Court of Human Rights

Legal System

Civil

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
1956 Supplementary Slavery Convention
13 December 1972
1966 ICCPR
05 May 1997
1966 Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
05 May 1997
1966 ICESCR
16 May 1985
2008 Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
Not Party
1962 Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
Not Party
1957 Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
Not Party
1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child
11 May 1993
2000 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
22 February 2008
2011 Optional Protocol to the CRC on a communications procedure
Not Party
1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
07 June 1983
1999 Optional Protocol to CEDAW
24 January 2002