The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales and the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) invite you to a panel discussionto consider the treatment of Turkic Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China and to explore how to hold China to account for human rights violations there. It is estimated that over 1 million Uyghurs and...
In honour of International Women’s Day, the Bar Human Rights Committee and Garden Court Chambers co-hosted a panel discussion showcasing the work of human rights advocates and defenders fighting for women’s rights & women human rights defenders around the globe. Panellists included Rothna Begum, senior researcher of the Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, who...
The Bar Human Rights Committee will be hosting a panel discussion at the Annual Bar and Young Conference 2018 in London on 24 November 2018. The panel “A Global Mission: Championing Women in the Fight for Human Rights” will be a dynamic discussion on how women in the legal professions represent and champion women, including...
The Bar Human Rights Committee conducted a training for the Nigerian Bar Association on Environmental Rights and Alternative Dispute Resolution for lawyers from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The training took place in Abuja, Nigeria and brought together representatives from every branch in the Niger Delta region as well as lawyers from each state’s...
The Bar Human Rights Committee, Law Society and IBA Human Rights Institue co-organised a UN side event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to discuss the challenges that the Turkish legal profession has been facing since the failed coup in July 2016. The event took place on 21 June 2018 at 15:00-16:00 in Room XXV...
To mark the 20-year anniversary of the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the Bar Human Rights Committee hosted a panel discussion on internal displacement and international law. The event looked at the IDP crisis in Nigeria and BHRC’s recent training for Nigerian lawyers working with IDPs in North-Eastern Nigeria. The discuss began with remarks...
The BPP Human Rights Unit and the Bar Human Rights Committee hosted a special event at BPP Holborn, focusing on opportunities for barristers and students to get involved in BHRC’s international human rights work. BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC and Executive Committee members Michael Ivers QC and Grainne Melon spoke on BHRC’s recent work included acting as legal observers...
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international human rights arm of the Bar of England
and Wales, dedicated to promoting justice and respect
for human rights through the rule of law.