Between 17 and 24 September, a BHRC delegation conducted a fact-finding mission in Mexico to follow up on the findings and recommendations of the the 2010 report “Recalling the Rule of Law” as well consider developments in relation to matters pertaining to the rule of law since the last BHRC visit at the end of 2009.  ...

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) refer to their previous statement in relation to Pakistan of 21 April 2011. In that statement, it was observed that there is an atmosphere of fear and intimidation surrounding th blasphemy laws in Pakistan. Since April 2011, the situation in Pakistan with respect to the blasphemy laws...

Motion for waiver of time and leave to file amicus curiae brief and brief of the bar human right committee of England and Wales, the international bar association’s human rights institute, the law society of England and Wales, and the Spanish society for international human rights law (asociación española para el derecho internacional d los derechos humanos) in support of petitioner.   Read the full amicus...

Submission of an amicus brief to the Colombian Constitutional Court with regards to prior consent of communities affected by major mining or other economic projects to be conducted on their lands or territories. ‘This amicus curiae was submitted to the Colombian Constitutional Court regarding the annulment of the decision taken by Colombia’s Constitutional Court Seventh Revision Chamber ...

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) expresses deep concern at recent events in Malawi surrounding the 20 July 2011 civil society protests against a range of Malawi Government policies, and their impact on Malawians’ fundamental human rights to lawfully protest and assemble. The BHRC stands with the United Nations, the UK...