2024
Fact sheet on sexual torture and global trends
18 October 2024
Statement by UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, on one-year anniversary of the October 7th attacks
7 October 2024
Statement of Special Rapporteur on torture to International Institute of Humanitarian Law and ICRC
47th Sanremo Round Table on Current Issues of International Humanitarian Law
Sanremo, Italy
Panel Presentation on "The Banality of Sexual Torture"
12 -13 September 2024
Tackling Torture Worldwide: The First Two Years
September 2024
Fact sheet on current issues and best practices in prison management
15 July 2024
Statement by UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Dr Alice J. Edwards warns about normalization of sexual torture in war
19 June 2024
Repairing the Irreparable: Remedies, Rehabilitation and Reparations for Survivors, Families and Communities Impacted by Sexual Torture in Armed Conflict - keynote address by Dr. Alice Jill Edwards
14 June 2024
Remarks of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, to the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council
8 March 2024
Speech of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, at an exchange of views on the topic of torture and ill-treatment with the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
8 February 2024
2023
Seventy-five years after the UDHR enshrined the absolute prohibition on torture we must fight to ensure it is observed - Statement by UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dr Alice Jill Edwards
10 December 2023
Briefing of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, to the Meeting of the Steering Committee for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
30 November 2023
Remarks of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr Alice Jill Edwards, to the 78th Session of the General Assembly
12 October 2023
Opening remarks of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr Alice Jill Edwards, to the 14th International Conference of National Human Rights Institutions
6 November 2023
Keynote speech of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, to the Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference, Monash University
21 July 2023
Commencement Address of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, to the 52nd Summer School, Fondation René Cassin – Institut International des droits de l’homme - on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Strasbourg, France
26 June 2023
Keynote address of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, to the 7th Annual Conference, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London (United Kingdom): ‘#WomenEqualityAsylum: How Far Has Equality Been Achieved in Realizing a Woman’s Right to Seek and Enjoy Asylum from Persecution?’
22 June 2023
Keynote address of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, to the Annual Conference of the NPM in the United Kingdom, Belfast
13 April 2023
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, at the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council
14 March 2023
Panel Presentation by the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, at HRC52 Side Event on 50 Years after the Military Coup in Chile,
28 February 2023
Final Remarks of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, on the 20th Anniversary of the OPCAT and 15 years of the SPT
9 February 2023
2022
Presentation by the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, to UNODC Thematic Discussions on Kyoto Declaration on Advancing Criminal Justice Systems
5 December 2022
Presentation by the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, to the International Bar Association Annual Conference on the Mendez Principles
1 November 2022
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, at the 77th session of the General Assembly
14 October 2022
Video statement by the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, to an event organised by the Moroccan National Council for Human Rights and the General Directorate for National Security in Morocco, on “standards and practices for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment during arrest, interrogation and custody” - Police Academy in Kénitra
20 September 2022
Keynote address by the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards,at the Australian National OPCAT Symposium
9 September 2022
2020
Op-Ed by the Special Rapporteur on Torture, Prof. Nils Melzer, to mark Human Rights Day – “The worst cruelty is our indifference”
10 December 2020
2021
Brazil: Information note on regional court’s decision on Herzog case (English and Portuguese)
July 2018
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