In a joint statement issued at the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Mykola Gnatovskyy, President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), and Marin Mrčela, President of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), highlighted the linkages between corruption and torture/ill-treatment and the need to strongly address this phenomenon.

The full text of the joint statement is available in English and French.