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NewsMarch 17, 2014

Lush cosmetics launch campaign in support of the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado, Colombia.

PBI and Lush launched a global campaign to raise awareness and support for the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó from Colombia. See here video about the campaign where BHRC Chair, Kirsty Brimelow QC, speaks about the Peace Community. Sign the petition by Lush Cosmetics calling for the implementation of Constitutional Court Order 164 and better protection and access to justice...

News Reports Statements and LettersMarch 7, 2014

Statement: Iranian Draft Charter of Citizens’ Rights

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) urges the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Hassan Rouhani, to ensure that the new Iranian Charter for Citizens’ Rights (‘the Charter’) unambiguously guarantees access to fundamental rights to all living within the country and acts as a roadmap for legal reform with human rights at its...

News ReportsFebruary 13, 2014

BHRC submits report to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

BHRC report to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Female Genital Mutilation (12 February 2014). Click here to access the report. Read the full set of written evidence submitted to the Home Affairs Committee Media coverage from The Times.

News Statements and LettersFebruary 4, 2014

Bar Council and BHRC release joint statement on Ukraine

The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) release today, 4th February 2014, a joint statement voicing concerns about the recent demonstrations in Kiev and other regions of Ukraine. See the full statement here.

News Statements and LettersDecember 9, 2013

ICT Bangladesh: BHRC calls urgently for immediate stay in execution of Abdul Qader Mollah

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) releases today, 9th December 2013, a statement calling for an immediate stay to the execution of Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior leader in the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami Party, who was convicted of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). See the statement here

NewsNovember 8, 2013

BHRC Chair, Kirsty Brimelow QC, speaks on report by Newsnight about atrocities committed in Sri Lanka.

BHRC Chair, Kirsty Brimelow QC, speaks on report by Newsnight about atrocities committed in Sri Lanka. See the BBC Newsnight report (7th November 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nldVJ6PKUrw&feature=youtu.be

NewsOctober 23, 2013

BHRC nominated for the 2013 Bar Pro Bono Award for its outstanding work with Unicef in Nigeria.

The nomination was made by Edward Fitzgerald CBE QC. Find details of the multi-year pro bono project implemented by BHRC and led by BHRC chair Kirsty Brimelow QC, in partnership with Unicef – Nigeria. Find the entire list of nominees for this year’s award. Results will be announced on the 2nd November at the 2013 Annual Bar Conference. ...

Events NewsOctober 23, 2013

Forthcoming public meeting ”Neutrality in the Colombian Conflict: The role of Peace Communities’

The Alliance for Lawyers at Risk and the BHRC invite you to the event ‘Neutrality in the Colombian Conflict: The role of Peace Communities’. 19th November at 6.15 – 8.30pm Middle Temple, Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y 9AT Download leaflet

News Statements and LettersOctober 14, 2013

The Maldives: BHRC expresses concern at the annulment of the first round of presidential elections

The BHRC releases today, 14th October 2013, a statement expressing concern at the annulment of the first round of presidential elections in the Maldives. See the statement here.

News Statements and LettersSeptember 26, 2013

Bangladesh: Retroactive application of legislation used to impose the death sentence on Abdul Quader Mollah

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) releases today, 26th September 2013, a statement expressing grave concern about the retroactive application of legislation used to impose the death sentence on Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior leader in the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami Party, convicted of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of...

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