The Bar Human Rights Committee is pleased to be exhibiting this Saturday at the Bar Conference 2026, an annual event that brings the whole Bar together with a unique programme of expert speakers exploring the big issues facing the justice sector. Speakers will include The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, The Rt...
The Bar Human Rights Committee invites you to join us for our upcoming virtual panel event, ‘AI & The Rules of War’, which will be held on Zoom on 26 November 2026, from 4-5:30 pm (UK time). This event will be chaired by Rachel Barnes KC, BHRC Executive Committee with an Opening Keynote by Sir...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) invites you to join us for a virtual panel event on Tuesday 22 September 2026 on Zoom from 16:00-17:00 (UK), ‘Independent Experts, Global Mandates: Understanding the Work, Impact and Limitations of UN Special Rapporteurs’. UN Special Rapporteurs constitute the largest category of mandate-holder within the UN...
On Saturday 20 June, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales hosted a full-day seminar, ‘AI, Human Rights & The Rule of Law’, at The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple together with the UNESCO Network of Experts on AI & The Rule of Law, and supported by The Bar Council of England...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) and the UNESCO Network of Experts on AI and the Rule of Law are proud to be collaborating on a one-day seminar initiative at Inner Temple, London on Saturday 20 June 2026, examining the transformative potential and risks associated with the use of AI, with...
Tuesday 21 April 2026 | Doughty Street Chambers, London 6-8.30 pm | Panel Discussion from 6-7.30 pm followed by networking drinks to 8.30 pm Organ trafficking is an urgent and complex global challenge that demands closer examination through the lenses of international human rights, business and human rights and public health. The World Health Organization...
The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) is pleased to welcome Farida Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, for a special ‘In Conversation With’ virtual event on Zoom on Thursday 22 January 2026, from 12pm-1pm, ‘On education in crises and the crisis of education’. The discussion will be chaired by Dr Rachel Barnes...
The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) and the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) are delighted to be co-hosting our third annual virtual seminar on Thursday 11 December 2025, ‘Advocacy & Strategy for Human Rights Defenders: Community, Communication & Collective Action’. Throughout 2025, human rights defenders have operated within an increasingly volatile and unpredictable global environment....
The international human rights community has expressed serious concern over challenges for the rule of law and the erosion of human rights law in Georgia, particularly surrounding the enjoyment of civil liberties, the suppression of dissent, and the independence of the judiciary. Judges, lawyers, human rights defenders and civil society more broadly have all been...
The Bar Human Rights Committee will be hosting a virtual seminar on Thursday 22 May 2025 (12:00-15:00 UK), spotlighting serious concerns for human rights and rule of law, protest rights / freedom of expression, and judicial independence amidst escalating attacks on judges, lawyers and protesters in Hong Kong, Turkey and most recently, the United States....
The Bar Human Rights Committee is the independent,
international human rights arm of the Bar of England
and Wales, dedicated to promoting justice and respect
for human rights through the rule of law.