On 11 October 2021, BHRC Executive Committee Member and EuroMed Rights Executive Committee Member Dr Theodora Christou moderated the opening session of an online discussion hosted by EuroMed Rights about the status of the anti-racist movement in the Euro-Mediterranean region and ways of collaboration with the human rights movement. The session was held in the...

On 2 September 2021, BHRC Chair, Schona Jolly QC, gave the opening keynote speech at an international conference at Newcastle University titled: “The Xinjiang Crisis: Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, Justice”. This was the first and largest international conference on Xinjiang since the issue has come to the wider attention of the world, bringing together scholars,...

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) is seeking an energetic and experienced administrator to support the Project Officer in delivering and facilitating the varied and expanding work of the organisation and its membership. We are looking for someone who is proactive and efficient with an eye for detail, who has experience...

BHRC has joined a group of 72 international non-governmental organizations and individuals calling on the Hong Kong government to drop the charge of “inciting unauthorized assembly” against Chow Hang-tung (鄒幸彤) and unconditionally release her. The text of the letter can be found below and can also be accessed here. Re. Prosecution of Tiananmen Vigil Organizer...

Tomorrow 20 July 2021, on the occasion of lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer’s 41st birthday, we, the undersigned organizations, urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release him and strike his name from the ‘’terrorist list.’’ Mohamed El-Baqer is a human rights lawyer and the founder and director of the Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms....

28 June 2021 – The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Bar Human Rights Committee for England and Wales, the Coalition for Genocide Response, the Glocal Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, the International Federation for Human Rights, the International Service for Human Rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, delivered a...