Alka Pradhan is an expert on the application of human rights and humanitarian law to counterterrorism situations, and all aspects of the prohibition on torture, from prevention to litigation and accountability. She is currently Human Rights Counsel at the Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions, representing one of the defendants in the capital case of United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad (the “9/11 case”); and Associate Counsel for Al-Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud at the International Criminal Court. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Penn Carey Law School. Ms. Pradhan has worked closely with members of the UK Parliament and the European Parliament on official investigations into torture and war crimes. Additionally, she is an active participant in the UN human rights mechanisms, with submissions or presentations on behalf of clients to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the UN Committee Against Torture, the Human Rights Committee, and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Ms. Pradhan received a BA in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University, an MA in International Law and South Asia Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), a JD from Columbia Law School, and an LLM in International Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).