The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has today expressed its grave concern at the ongoing detention...
Issues: <span>international criminal law</span>
BHRC and Bar Council raise concerns over abduction of Bangladeshi lawyer
The Bar Council and Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales have issued a joint statement today, voicing concern over...
Bar Human Rights Committee and Bar Council call on Kenya to protect lawyers
The Bar Council and Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales have today sent a joint letter to the...
Nigeria: Child Rights Training
In January 2016, BHRC partnered with Coram Children's Legal Centre and UNICEF to deliver training in child rights to judges and magistrates in Nigeria.
Kirsty Brimelow QC, Chair of BHRC, and Ifeanyi Odogwu of Garden Court Chambers travelled to Abuja to deliver a four day training workshop to members of the Nigerian judiciary who will cascade this learning by training other judges in child rights.
Letter of concern sent to Somaliland Supreme Court in response to conviction and death sentence of Mr. Abdullahi Ali
BHRC has sent a letter of concern to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Somaliland calling for the...
BHRC joins calls for UK to rejoin EU Genocide Network
BHRC has joined other human rights organisations in writing to the UK Home Secretary Theresa May to call for the...
Nigeria: Child Protection Networks
In partnership with UNICEF Nigeria, BHRC developed a programme to develop the capacity of the Child Protection Networks (CPNs) in Nigeria with a focus on building practical skills in human rights monitoring and case management.
The 'CPNs' are community-based child protection networks, which exists in over half of Nigeria's 36 states. CPN members carry out monitoring, documentation and reporting of child rights abuse cases.
BHRC joins the Bar Council in its concerns over the arrest of Professor Erlinder in Rwanda – read our letter of concern to the Rwandan authorities and International Press Release.
The Bar Human Rights Committee joins the Bar Council in its concerns over the arrest of Professor Erlinder in Kigali The...
Jamaica: Death Row Pro Bono
Prior to 2006 BHRC sent junior barrister volunteers to Kingston to support Jamaican lawyers undertaking death row cases at first...
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