The Amicus has a special interest in ensuring that the lethal injection narcotics that the State of Louisiana intends to use were not provided to the Louisiana Department of Corrections in violation of federal and international law, including the European Commission’s Europe-wide export control procedures. See the full brief here.

On the 26th August, the BHRC and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) submitted an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, in the matter of an Application for Special Leave to Appeal against the judgement of the Court of Appeal under and in terms of Article 128(2) of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Sri...

In 2011, the BHRC submitted an Amicus Curiae (English) to the Colombian Constitutional Court regarding the annulment of the decision taken by Colombia’s Constitutional Court (7-769/2009) in the Muriel Mining Corporation Case. The brief deals with the international jurisprudence regarding the right to consultation and prior informed consent of the communities affected by large scale projects. See the Amicus...

Motion for waiver of time and leave to file amicus curiae brief and brief of the bar human right committee of England and Wales, the international bar association’s human rights institute, the law society of England and Wales, and the Spanish society for international human rights law (asociación española para el derecho internacional d los derechos humanos) in support of petitioner.   Read the full amicus...

Submission of an amicus brief to the Colombian Constitutional Court with regards to prior consent of communities affected by major mining or other economic projects to be conducted on their lands or territories. ‘This amicus curiae was submitted to the Colombian Constitutional Court regarding the annulment of the decision taken by Colombia’s Constitutional Court Seventh Revision Chamber ...