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...
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...
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...
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,...
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and Wales, dedicated to promoting justice and respect
for human rights through the rule of law.