23 June 2021 – Attacks against lawyers in the Philippines continue to take place and killings have reached a record high since the start of President Duterte’s administration five years ago. We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the attacks and the oppressive working environment lawyers still face in the Philippines. We call...
On 22 June 2021, PEN Norway released its final report as part of its Turkey Indictment Project. The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) provided two legal experts, Kevin Dent QC and Aska Fujita to draft two reports on the indictments in Osman Kavala and others and Cumhuriyet, which are contained in...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) is seeking an energetic and experienced professional with confidence in project management, fundraising and governance to join the team as Project Officer as part of a job share. The successful candidate and their job share partner will be jointly responsible for the day-to-day coordination of...
On 8 June 2021, BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC spoke at the New York City Bar’s event, Rule of Law & Authoritarian Ascendance: the Threat & the Legal, Policy & Societal Responses to It. The recording is now available here.
BHRC has received support and criticism for the letter that it wrote to the UK Foreign Secretary on Thursday.1 This response is intended to provide clarity on issues raised following its publication. BHRC is a separate organisation from the Bar Council and is not part of the Bar Council’s committee structure.2 Whilst BHRC operates...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has today written to the UK Foreign Secretary addressing the urgent and escalating situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. We have copied the letter in full below: The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign,...
On 22 April 2021, BHRC Executive Committee Member Zimran Samuel contributed to LAWASIA’s panel event, Rule of Law, Justice & Democratic Rights in Sri Lanka. The recording is now available below. For more information about the event and to watch the keynote address by Geoffrey Robertson AO QC, please click here. The webinar was held...
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC) condemn the prosecution, conviction and disproportionate sentencing of veteran Hong Kong pro-democracy figures, including Martin Lee QC, ‘father of Hong Kong democracy’, politician and legislator; Dr Margaret Ng, barrister; and media tycoon Jimmy Lai. They are...
In response to the announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs of sanctions against UK lawyers, including an entire barristers’ Chambers, and the Uyghur Tribunal, Schona Jolly QC, Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”), said: “Lawyers play a vital role in ensuring a country operates within the rule...
Last month, BHRC in partnership with the Legal Policy Research Center, a non-political, independent research institute founded by a group of Kazakhstani lawyers in April 2008. delivered a second series of training webinars to lawyers in Kazakhstan on using international human rights law, in particular the ICCPR which Kazakhstan has ratified. We covered relevant and...
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and Wales, dedicated to promoting justice and respect
for human rights through the rule of law.