The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales is delighted to announce the results of its recent biennial election...
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Hong Kong: Response by Chief Executive Carrie Lam to BHRC letter regarding the escalating crisis in Hong Kong
On 20 November BHRC wrote to Chief Executive Carrie Lam expressing grave concern at the intensifying situation in Hong Kong...
BHRC statement ahead of the Global Lawyers Forum in Guangzhou, China on International Human Rights Day
As lawyers and delegates gather for the Global Lawyers Conference in Guangzou, China, BHRC calls upon the Chinese authorities to...
EVENT: BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC in Conversation with Carrie Gracie: Reflections on thirty years as a foreign correspondent in China
10 December 2019 18:30 Hausfeld 12 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DW Please join us for our end-of year event in...
Voting Now Open for BHRC Executive Biennual Election
Voting is now open for the BHRC Executive Committee 2020-21 until 1pm on Sunday 8 December 2019. All current members...
BHRC and the Bar Council express serious concern about Kashmir in letter to Prime Minister Modi
Chair of the Bar Council, Richard Atkins QC, and Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales...
BHRC gravely concerned as situation in Hong Kong intensifies in letter to Chief Executive Carrie Lam
Update: BHRC received a response from Ms Lam on the 2 December 2019. Click here to read it. BHRC has...
Call for Nominations for BHRC Executive Biannual Election
BHRC is now taking nominations for its Executive Committee until 1pm on Sunday 24 November. All current members of BHRC are...
BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC’s response to the alarming development in the case of Ahmet Altan in Turkey
BHRC has today received information that: A judge reviewed an application for the re-arrest of Ahmet Altan, one of Turkey’s...
International lawyers observe “12 Apostles” trial of Santiago Uribe Vélez
Representatives from the Colombian Caravana (UK) and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales returned to Medellin to...