CAT/OP/CYP/1
United Nations
Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
22 September 2017
Original: English
English, French and Spanish only
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Visit to Cyprus undertaken from 25 to 29 January
2016: observations and recommendations
addressed to the State party
Report of the Subcommittee*, **, ***
* In accordance with article 16 (1) of the Optional Protocol, the present report was transmitted
confidentially to the State party on 10 February 2017. On 4 September 2017, the State party requested
the Subcommittee to publish the report, in accordance with article 16 (2) of the Optional Protocol.
** The present document is being issued without formal editing.
*** The annexes to the present document are being circulated in the language of submission only.
GE.17-16717(E)