Alice Jill Edwards
Alice Jill Edwards is a prominent human rights expert and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture. She has been vocal about issues relating to human rights violations and the treatment of detainees around the world, particularly in relation to conditions of confinement and the use of torture. Recently, she has drawn attention to the treatment of Venezuelan and Salvadoran migrants deported from the United States, expressing serious concerns regarding their lack of due process and the conditions they face in Salvadoran prisons, particularly in the high-security Center for Terrorism Confinement (Cecot).
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Alice Jill Edwards is a UN special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
UN rights monitors ‘alarmed’ at Garda using double-strength pepper spray on peaceful protesters – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2026-02-19
Alice Jill Edwards is a UN rapporteur on torture who expressed concern over human rights violations by US authorities.
Relatores de la ONU acusan a autoridades migratorias de EEUU de asesinatos extrajudiciales
Dominican Republic· 2026-02-11
Alice Jill Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, expressed concern over Imran Khan's treatment in prison.
Au Pakistan, une rapporteuse de l’ONU dénonce les conditions d’emprisonnement d’Imran Khan
France· 2025-12-16
Alice Jill Edwards stated that the torture described is a small part of a broader, well-documented pattern.
JT ekspertai: Rusija naudoja lytinius kankinimus prieš civilius gyventojus
Lithuania· 2025-08-21Alice Jill Edwards is the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture who warned about the systematic policy of sexual torture in Ukraine.
Russia subjecting Ukrainian civilians to 'sexual torture': UN experts
Kenya· 2025-08-21Alice Jill Edwards expressed concern about the conditions in the Cecot prison.
Expertos de la ONU: EE UU negó el debido proceso a migrantes venezolanos deportados a El Salvador
Venezuela· 2025-04-30
Alice Jill Edwards is the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Islamabad urged not to conflate advocacy with terrorism - Newspaper
Pakistan· 2025-04-30Alice Jill Edwards expressed concern about the conditions in the Cecot prison.
Expertos de la ONU: EE UU negó el debido proceso a migrantes venezolanos deportados a El SalvadorVenezuela· 2025-04-30