Greece: the Ombudsman institution

«I welcome the opening by the Greek Ombudsman institution, in its capacity as National Mechanism for the Investigation of Arbitrary Incidents by members of the security forces, of an independent investigation into the acts and potential omissions of members of the Greek Coast Guard in relation to the shipwreck off Pylos on 14 June this year which resulted in the deaths of more than 80 persons, with many hundreds still missing», said today the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović.

However, this does not absolve the state from fulfilling its responsibility of ensuring that effective investigations are conducted.