Tomorrow 20 July 2021, on the occasion of lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer’s 41st birthday, we, the undersigned organizations, urge the Egyptian...
Category: <span>Statements of Concern</span>
CHINA: Joint Statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide
28 June 2021 – The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Bar Human Rights Committee for England and Wales,...
Philippines: Attacks against lawyers further escalating
23 June 2021 – Attacks against lawyers in the Philippines continue to take place and killings have reached a record...
HONG KONG: IBAHRI and BHRC condemn the sentencing of Veteran Hong Kong pro-democracy figures
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC) condemn...
SRI LANKA: Accountability for past human rights violations and adequacy of domestic mechanisms
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (“IBAHRI”) are...
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...