After 1156 days on pre-trial detention, Aya Hegazy will have to wait a further 3 weeks to learn her fate,...
Issues: <span>women's rights</span>
UN recognises Yazidi genocide
The UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Syria has this week concluded that ISIS is committing genocide, crimes against humanity,...
BHRC Chair speaks at International Women’s Day Conference 2016
On Saturday 27 February 2016, Kirsty Brimelow QC, BHRC Chair, spoke at the International Women’s Day Conference 2016 in Paris to 3,000 - 4,000 delegates organised by the National Council of Resistance of Iran. The title of the conference was Pledge for Parity: Women United Against Islamic Fundamentalism.
A conversation with Nadia Murad, Yazidi ISIS survivor
BHRC organised a powerful event on Wednesday 10 February in partnership with Doughty Street Chambers, when it hosted a talk...
BHRC Chair speaks in short film on Women and Extremism shown at Trust Women Conference
BHRC Chair, Kirsty Brimelow QC, is featured in a short film shown at the Thomson Reuters Foundations’s Trust Women Conference...
BHRC issues statement of support for the Stop FGM in the Middle East campaign
BHRC expresses deep concern in response to the continued ignorance of the problem of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) across the...
BHRC chairs panel discussion at exclusive film-screening of ‘India’s Daughter’ on International Day of the Girl
October 11th was the UN International Day of the Girl. BHRC marked the occasion by chairing a panel discussion after...
Afghanistan: Access to Justice
The Access to Justice Project in Afghanistan aimed to promote the dissemination of legal skills and knowledge to key actors...