BHRC In Brief – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales

BHRC In BriefJanuary 27, 2025

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales is proud to participate in the latest International Day of the Endangered Lawyer.

The International Day of the Endangered Lawyer is the day on which we highlight the plight of the lawyers all over the world who are being harassed, silenced, pressured, threatened, persecuted, tortured. Even murders and disappearances have been perpetrated. The only reason for these outrages is the fact that these lawyers are doing their job,...

BHRC In BriefDecember 10, 2024

BHRC Year in Review: A message from the Chair of BHRC on International Human Rights Day 2024

On International Human Rights Day, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (‘BHRC’) is pleased to share our 2024 Year in Review, detailing our advocacy and activities over the course of a year that has seen immense challenges for human rights globally. This year our work, as always, has been focused on four...

BHRC In BriefAugust 1, 2024

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

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...

BHRC In Brief In the Media News Trial ObservationsJune 19, 2024

BHRC Blog In Brief: Reflections from the ongoing 9/11 pre-trial hearings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

The detention and trial regime at US naval base Guantanamo Bay remains shrouded in secrecy and hugely controversial internationally. Of the 779 people detained there since January 2002, 740 have been transferred elsewhere with 30 remaining. 9 detainees have died in...

BHRC In Brief NewsMay 1, 2024

BHRC launches ‘BHRC In Brief’: Giving our members voice and visibility through practice-oriented articles and legal analysis | Michael Ivers KC

As Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, I am delighted to share the launch of our new blog on the BHRC website, ‘BHRC In Brief’, which will feature a series of original, practice-oriented articles and legal analysis from BHRC’s Executive, Advisory Board, Members and Partners. Throughout its 32-year history,...