The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (“IBAHRI”) are...
Category: <span>Statements of Concern</span>
UK: Joint statement of 20 Civil Society Organisations Support Historic Genocide Amendment to UK Trade Bill
Genocides and other mass atrocity crimes have claimed the lives of over 80 million victims globally since 1945. Today the...
UK: Proposed Amendment to the Trade Bill 2019-2021 Relating to Genocide
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (“BHRC”) welcomes the House of Lords’ approval of the revised Genocide...
BHRC condemns mass arrests in Hong Kong as chilling threat to democracy and human rights
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) condemns the arrests that took place in sweeping raids conducted...
Statement: BHRC expresses concern at continued State obstruction of defence lawyers in China and Hong Kong
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) is extremely concerned at the threat to revoke the practising...
IRAN: Joint statement of solidarity with imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
We, the undersigned 26 Bar Associations, Law Societies, and organisations supporting the legal profession of over 14 countries, stand in...
TURKEY: Joint statement on the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death
The Bar Human Rights Commitee of England and Wales (BHRC) has today joined over 40 bar associations and human rights...
CHINA: Authorities place Human Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping under ‘residential surveillance’
Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping, whose certificate to practice law was suspended in January 2020, was detained by Baoji...
SRI LANKA: Detention of human rights lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) is concerned at reports of the continued detention of prominent...
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)...