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) 

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