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Practice Relating to Rule 90. Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
Section A. General
III. Military Manuals
The Hellenic Territorial Army’s Internal Service Code (1984), as amended, provides: “It is forbidden for members of the armed forces: … To violate the life and physical integrity of sick, wounded as well as citizens by means of … torture.” 
Greece, Hellenic Territorial Army Regulation of Internal Service Code, Presidential Decree 130/1984 (Military Regulation 20-1), as amended, Article 15(i).
IV. National Legislation
Greece’s Military Penal Code (1995) contains penalties for members of the Greek armed forces who insult, threaten or commit violent or inhumane acts against prisoners of war. 
Greece, Military Penal Code, 1995, Articles 160–163.