BHRC has issued a statement raising serious concern about the response by Hong Kong authorities to ongoing protests in Hong...
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BHRC joins UPR Submission raising concern for the Philippines’ lawyers
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has endorsed a joint submission to the UN Human Rights...
BHRC trial report on latest stage of Selahattin Demirtaş v Turkey confirms ECtHR finding that continued detention is politically motivated
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales has published its interim report in the ongoing cases of Selahattin...
BHRC publishes event report on Parliamentary session “Hiding in Plain Sight-the extraordinary scale of human rights violations in Xinjiang, China”
On Wednesday 26th June 2019, the Bar Human Rights Committee in conjunction with the All Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group,...
BHRC joins International Coalition of Legal Organisations raising concern for Turkey’s lawyers and judges
BHRC is part of an international coalition of legal organisations who have submitted a joint Stakeholder Submission to the UN...
BHRC: The “Gezi Park” trial forms part of a chilling clampdown on human rights defenders and civil society in Turkey.
BHRC has issued a public statement raising serious concern over the “Gezi Park” trial of sixteen leading civil society individuals,...
INDIA: BAR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERN THAT THE RAIDS ON INDIRA JAISING AND ANAND GROVER FORM PART OF A PATTERN OF HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION DIRECTED AGAINST CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) writes to express its alarm and concern at the raids...
BHRC appoints Baroness Helena Kennedy QC and Professors Christine Chinkin and Kevin Jon Heller to Advisory Board
BHRC has appointed three prominent international law experts to its advisory board, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC and Professors Christine Chinkin...
Hong Kong’s “ill conceived” extradition proposals “fundamentally imperil the operation of the rule of law” say leading international law organisations.
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, the Law Society of England & Wales, the Human Rights Committee...
BHRC Chair & IBAHRI Director Issue Joint Statement raising concern over Hong Kong Fugitive Law for Conference on Extradition and Human Rights
BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC and IBAHRI Director Helena Kennedy QC have issued the following joint statement for the Centre...