An independent report by Geoffrey Robertson QC into the proceedings of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh was published today. The...
Category: Reports
Milestones in International Criminal Justice: The ICC & Palestine – Meeting Summary
‘This is a summary of an event held by the International Law Programme at Chatham House in association with Doughty...
BHRC submits report on FGM to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
In reponse to a call for submissions from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on...
Statement on the report of the Home Affairs Committee on Female Genital Mutilation
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has released today, 3rd July 2014, a statement welcoming the Home...
Universal Jurisdiction
Universal Jurisdiction. Illari Aragón examines threats to universal jurisdiction within Spain and the effect upon the Tibet, Province of China...
An Unfinished War: Torture and Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka, 2009-2014
Produced by human rights lawyer and co-author of the UN Panel of Experts report on mass atrocities in Sri Lanka,...
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...
The Genocide Trial of Rios Montt
THE GENOCIDE TRIAL OF RIOS MONTT, Counsel Magazine, February 2014. Illari Aragón, BHRC Project Coordinator on the trial’s significance and...
Legal analysis on the right to education in India
In 2011 and 2012 JKM undertook research in Mumbai to investigate the right to education and why less than half...
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. ...