United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is a United Nations special rapporteur. The office is currently filled by Alice Jill Edwards, since 1 August 2022.^[1] It was previously held by Nils Melzer, and before him, Juan E. Méndez.^[2]

Table

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Name	Time frame	Reference
Peter Kooijmans	1985–1993	^[3]
Nigel Rodley	1993–2001	^[4]
Theo van Boven	2001–2004	^[5]
Manfred Nowak	2004–2010	^[6]
Juan E. Méndez	2010–2016	^[7]
Nils Melzer	2016–2022	^[8]
Alice Jill Edwards	2022–	^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "OHCHR | Dr. Alice Jill Edwards". OHCHR. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ Sifris, Ronli (13 December 2013). Reproductive Freedom, Torture and International Human Rights: Challenging the Masculinisation of Torture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-11522-7.
^ "Peter Kooijmans, former Special Rapporteur on torture (1985-1993)". OHCHR. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "Nigel Rodley, former Special Rapportuer on torture (1993-2001)". OHCHR. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "Theo Van Boven, former Special Rapporteur on torture (2001-2004)". OHCHR. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "Manfred Nowak, former Special Rapporteur on torture (2004-2010)". OHCHR. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ "Juan Mendez, former Special rapporteur (2010-2016)". OHCHR. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ Siddique, Haroon (26 July 2021). "Fifty-two prisoners in close supervision units 'that may amount to torture'". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

External links

Official website

United Nations special rapporteurs

Countries and territories

Burundi (Fortuné Gaetan Zongo)
Cambodia (Vitit Muntarbhorn)
Iran (Javaid Rehman)
Myanmar (Tom Andrews)
North Korea (Elizabeth Salmón)
Palestine (Francesca Albanese)
Somalia (Isha Dyfan)

Thematic mandates

Adequate Housing (Balakrishnan Rajagopal)
Contemporary Forms of Slavery (Tomoya Obokata)
Cultural Rights (Alexandra Xanthaki)
Democratic and Equitable International Order (Livingstone Sewanyana)
Education (Farida Shaheed)
Effects of Economic Reform Policies and Foreign Debt on Human Rights (Attiya Waris)
Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (Morris Tidball-Binz)
Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association (Clément Nyaletsossi Voule)
Freedom of Opinion and Expression (Irene Khan)
Freedom of Religion or Belief (Nazila Ghanea)
Human Rights Defenders (Mary Lawlor)
Independence of Judges and Lawyers (Margaret Satterthwaite)
Minority Issues (Fernand de Varennes)
Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights (Alena Douhan)
Physical and Mental Health (Tlaleng Mofokeng)
Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism (Ben Saul)
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Ashwini K.P.)
Right to Food (Michael Fakhri)
Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children (Najat Maalla M'jid)
Torture (Alice Jill Edwards)
Trafficking in Persons (Siobhán Mullally)
Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of non-Recurrence (Fabián Salvioli)
Violence against Women (Reem Alsalem)
Human Rights and Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation (Pedro Arrojo Agudo)
Human Rights and International Solidarity (Cecilia Bailliet)
Human Rights and the Illicit Movement of Toxic Waste (Marcos A. Orellana)
Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises (Damilola Olawuyi)
Human Rights of Indigenous People (Francisco Cali Tzay)
Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (Paula Gaviria Betancur)
Human Rights of Migrants (François Crépeau)
Human Rights and the Environment (David Boyd)

United Nations special rapporteurs bear mandates from the United Nations Human Rights Council and may hold the titles special rapporteur, independent expert or special representative of the Secretary-General, and are also referred to simply as mandate-holders.