The Bar Human Rights Committee has published the formal trial observation notes from its observations at the Catalan Referendum Trial...
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Barristers seek action from President Erdogan on Turkey’s Day of the Lawyer
The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) have sent...
UK barristers urge Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to call on Iran to immediately release human rights lawyer
The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales have sent a public letter to the...
BHRC issues Amicus to the Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunal on torture derived evidence
BHRC published its amicus brief to the Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunal in the case of Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, also...
BHRC issues statement by QC on recent fair trial abuses in Zimbabwe after observing trials in Harare.
Michael Ivers QC, an executive officer of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), returned Monday from...
BHRC joins 31 organisations around the world calling for the release of Chinese Human Rights Lawyer, Wang Quanzhang
BHRC has joined a statement with 31 other organisations calling for the acquittal of Wang Quanzhang, a prominent Chinese human...
Lawyers Associations join forces to raise concern for the rule of law and the legal profession in Turkey for the Day of the Endangered Lawyer
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has joined ten other Bar Associations, Law Societies and Legal...
“Disappointment” and “Dismayed,” says BHRC, at Nepal’s continued prosecution of Madhesi activist, Dr Chandra Kant Raut
BHRC has issued a public statement raising concern over the continued detention, prosecution and treatment of Madhesi human rights activist, Dr...
BHRC calls for Zimbabwe to cease state violence and protect the rights of children amid concern for fair trials and freedom of expression
BHRC has issued a public statement regarding the current and ongoing situation in Zimbabwe, following a national protest called for by...
“Nabeel Rajab should not be in prison” says BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC
On 31 December 2018, the Court of Cassation in Bahrain upheld the 5 year sentence of human rights activist Nabeel...