This episode of Perspectives is the second in a two-part series with outgoing APT Secretary General Barbara Bernath.

Barbara joined the APT in 1997 and worked in a variety of roles before being appointed Secretary General in 2018.

Much has changed over the past 25 years in how we talk about and approach torture prevention, at the international, regional and national levels.

However, as Barbara describes, it is essential to keep reflecting, keep researching, and keep developing new responses to counter the risk factors that can lead to torture and ill-treatment.

And sometimes those changes need to be immediate, like when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and States, detaining authorities and national monitoring bodies had to respond to an unprecedented public health crisis that left people deprived of liberty more vulnerable than ever before.