On 1 April 2020, BHRC and the Bar Council wrote to the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, expressing grave...
Regions: Europe
Statement: Political prisoners in Turkey in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
BHRC has issued a public statement expressing serious concern that draft legislation in Turkey, which aims to prevent the spread...
Bar Council and BHRC call on Prime Minister Orbán to reverse disproportionate emergency powers legislation in Hungary amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee have written to the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, expressing grave concern...
Bar Council and BHRC write to the Polish authorities over worsening rule of law crisis
The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee have written to the Polish President and Prime Minister, and Marshals of the...
BHRC Interim Trial Report: The “Gezi Park” trial continues with the ongoing detention of Osman Kavala in defiance of ECHR decision ordering his immediate release, as proceedings unravel
Following on from our previous trial observations of June, October and December 2019, BHRC has published an interim trial report of the...
BHRC Interim Trial Report: The “Gezi Park” trial continues with the ongoing detention of Osman Kavala in defiance of ECHR decision ordering his immediate release
Following on from our previous trial observations of June and October 2019, BHRC has published an interim trial report of...
BHRC trial report on latest stage of Selahattin Demirtaş v Turkey confirms ECtHR finding that continued detention is politically motivated
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales has published its interim report in the ongoing cases of Selahattin...
BHRC joins International Coalition of Legal Organisations raising concern for Turkey’s lawyers and judges
BHRC is part of an international coalition of legal organisations who have submitted a joint Stakeholder Submission to the UN...
BHRC: The “Gezi Park” trial forms part of a chilling clampdown on human rights defenders and civil society in Turkey.
BHRC has issued a public statement raising serious concern over the “Gezi Park” trial of sixteen leading civil society individuals,...
BHRC publishes trial observation notes from Catalan Referendum case
The Bar Human Rights Committee has published the formal trial observation notes from its observations at the Catalan Referendum Trial...