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EVENT: Belarus on the Edge: Europe on the Brink? – Thursday 24 September 2020
Belarus on the Edge: Europe on the Brink? Thursday, 24th September 2020 at 6pm, via Zoom Chair: Baroness Helena Kennedy...
Iran: Letter to Supreme Leader raising concerns for human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has written to Ayatollah Khameini, the Supreme Leader of Iran,...
BHRC and the Bar Council write to Polish authorities ahead of rescheduled hearing to waive immunity of Judge Tuleya
The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee have written to the Polish President and Prime Minister, and Marshals of the...
Toolkit for Lawyers at Risk
This year, BHRC – in a project led by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and in cooperation...
Turkey’s mass surveillance case: BHRC submits third party intervention to the UN Human Rights Committee
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales has submitted a third party intervention in the case of Gençay Bastimar...
Joint letter to President Erdoğan of Turkey on the mass arrest of lawyers in Ankara
Your Excellency, The undersigned organisations have learned of the arrest of approximately 55 lawyers and trainee-lawyers in Ankara. According to...
Joint statement with CCBE on the 30th anniversary of the UN Basic Principles on the role of lawyers
The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) is pleased to join The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)...
BHRC publishes the “Gezi Park” trial observation report in Turkish
BHRC has published the Turkish version of its trial observation report of the “Gezi Park” trial of sixteen leading civil society...
BHRC signs joint global call for UN mechanisms to monitor human rights violations by China
An open letter to: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, UN Member States We,...