The Yazidi Justice Committee will launch a key report on State Responsibility and the Yazidi Genocide on 06 July The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC) is a member organisation of the Yazidi Justice Committee (YJC), formed in early 2020 as an ad hoc body of the following organisations: Accountability Unit; Women...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) invites you to join us for our summer social. Please join us on the 7th July at 6pm at Garden Court Chambers for a drinks reception in the marquee. This event is an opportunity for members to get together, speak to BHRC’s Executive Committee, and learn more about how...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) are proud to be a promoting partner of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2022. The festival is taking place from 17-25 March 2022, with streaming available in the UK and Ireland and live screenings at the Barbican Centre in London. See the festival’s website...
An independent judiciary is a hallmark of a democratic society, but democracy varies greatly from country to country in the Asia-Pacific region, and the challenges confronting judicial independence in each country are complex and deeply entrenched. From military rule and emergency decrees that invoke national security to eclipse the rule of law to corruption and...
Following our highly successful first event in the ‘Edge of Law’ series in November 2021 on forced labour and modern slavery, and our second session on sanctions in December 2021, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC) and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) invite you to join...
Following our first session in the ‘Edge of the Law’ series held on 10 November 2021 on forced labour and modern slavery, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC) and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ROLI) are pleased to invite your members to join us for the second session in...
Join Schona Jolly QC, Chair of BHRC, for a very special ‘In Conversation With’ virtual event that BHRC will host as part of our 30th Anniversary Programme, welcoming HE Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the UN Human Rights Council, on Tuesday 30 November 2021 at 13:00 UK / 14:00 Geneva. During this virtual...
On 27 October 2021, as part of the IBA Global Showcase 2021, BHRC Chair Schona Jolly participated in a panel event hosted by IBAHRI on law and lawyers under attack around the world. The event was chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Director of IBAHRI, and speakers included the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence...
On 11 October 2021, BHRC Executive Committee Member and EuroMed Rights Executive Committee Member Dr Theodora Christou moderated the opening session of an online discussion hosted by EuroMed Rights about the status of the anti-racist movement in the Euro-Mediterranean region and ways of collaboration with the human rights movement. The session was held in the...
On 2 September 2021, BHRC Chair, Schona Jolly QC, gave the opening keynote speech at an international conference at Newcastle University titled: “The Xinjiang Crisis: Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, Justice”. This was the first and largest international conference on Xinjiang since the issue has come to the wider attention of the world, bringing together scholars,...
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