The award winning (Bar Pro Bono Award 2009) Bar Human Rights Committee is the international human rights arm of the Bar of England and Wales. It is an independent body primarily concerned with the protection of the rights of advocates and judges around the world. It is also concerned with defending the rule of law and internationally recognised legal standards relating to the right to a fair trial.

The remit of the Bar Human Rights Committee extends to all countries of the world, apart from its own jurisdiction of England & Wales. This reflects the Committee's need to maintain its role as an independent but legally qualified observer, critic and advisor, with internationally accepted rule of law principles at the heart of its agenda.

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>> 16 June 2009: BHRC Public Meeting on Sri Lanka.

>> 12 May 2009: BHRC letter to the US AG regarding Guantanamo Bay cases involving detainees captured by the United States as juveniles. Read the letter here and read the press statement here.

>> 12 May 2009: BHRC issue a statement on the arrest & detention of Livingstone Chipadze.

>> 12 May 2009: BHRC issue a statement on the murders of Oscar Kamau Kingara & John Paul Oulu.