Proving torture to stand up for himself: Damian Gallardo

More than 10 years ago, in May 2013, Damian Gallardo from
Oaxaca,
Mexico, was arbitrarily detained, disappeared, and tortured. He was eventually released but lodged a complaint with the UN Committee against Torture, who reviewed Gallardo’s case and adopted an unprecedented decision stating that, in fact, Gallardo had been tortured.