
The responsibility to eradicate all forms of torture and cruel treatment is collective, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides and law commissioner Louiza Christodoulidou Zannetou pointed out on Thursday to mark the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Lottides said in her message that, according to the latest figures released by the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, in 2024 more than 81,000 torture victims around the world –