Summary

This is the first report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, and sets out her vision and approach to the mandate, the thematic priorities for her next reports and summarizes the applicable international legal framework. The Special Rapporteur was appointed in July 2022 in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 43/20 and assumed her functions on 1 August 2022. She is the seventh Special Rapporteur on Torture, and the first woman, to hold the post. This is her first report to the General Assembly.