Search Results for “Jordan” – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales

Jordan Death Penalty: Letter of Concern

May 25, 2011

Letter of concern to King Abdullah of Jordan urging him to renounce the recommendation to activate the death penalty to address communal violence I am writing on behalf of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC). The BHRC is the international human rights arm of the Bar of England and Wales....

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BHRC In Brief | The need for attention to human rights violations in the UAE’s judiciary: Unfair mass trials, terrorism charges against civil society, life sentences for free expression and more

August 1, 2024

By Louise Price[1] and Haydee Dijkstal[2] On 10 July 2024, the Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court issued convictions and severe sentences in the United Arab Emirates second largest mass trial to date – prosecuting in mass 84 individuals recognised by leading human rights organisations to be members of civil society, including human rights defenders...

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The Edge of Law Report: A Regional Approach to Confronting Key Legal Challenges

September 22, 2022

Download High-Res Report Here and Download Low-Res Report Here The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative are proud to release this new joint report, The Edge of Law: A regional approach to confronting key legal challenges. The Report synthesises the findings of a path...

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BHRC x ABA ROLI ‘Edge of Law’ Virtual Dialogue Series concludes with report and recommendations to be published in September 2022

September 5, 2022

Image Credit: catastrophe_OL / Shutterstock BHRC was proud to partner with the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) on a series of four virtual dialogues held between November 2021-March 2022, through which BHRC and ABA ROLI sought to and succeeded in creating a regional platform where practitioners, academics, civil society actors and...

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BHRC writes to the UK Foreign Secretary regarding the urgent and escalating situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory

May 13, 2021

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has today written to the UK Foreign Secretary addressing the urgent and escalating situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. We have copied the letter in full below: The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign,...

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September 1, 2020

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BHRC expresses grave concern at Israel’s move towards the unilateral annexation of large areas in the West Bank

June 25, 2020

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has today written to the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to raise grave concerns regarding the expressed intention of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to move towards the unilateral annexation of large areas in the West Bank on or after 1 July 2020. The...