
A long-awaited update to Cyprus’ family law was “absolutely necessary” to safeguard children’s rights, the commissioner for the protection of the rights of the child, Despo Michaelidou-Livaniou, said on Wednesday.
Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Michaelidou welcomed the proposed amendment regulating parental relations, stressing that the state has a duty to shield children from harm. The bill, now under discussion in House’s legal affairs Committee, aims to put the