For 26 years Alexandr Lukashenko has been widely referred to as “the last dictator of Europe”. Belarus, under Lukashenko’s tenure, is not a democratic society. As with all totalitarian regimes, power resides in Presidential authority. There is no meaningful accountability. Human rights are neither universal nor accessible. Periodically, there is a vote for the President....
On Wednesday 22 July, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), the All Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) and the APPG on Uyghurs were pleased to host an online panel event to launch BHRC’s new high-level report: The Responsibility of States under International Law to Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims. Allegations...
Last week, Hong Kong Watch and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) held a closed-door Webinar bringing together prominent members of the British and Hong Kong legal and academic community, with parliamentarians from the UK and the EU also in attendance, to discuss the impact of the new National Security Law in Hong Kong. The topics...
BHRC was pleased to take part in a virtual conference on 21 June 2020, hosted by the Media and Law Studies Association and PEN International, regarding Nedim Türfent, a Kurdish journalist who has now been imprisoned for 1,500 days on ‘freedom of expression’ charges. The conference highlighted the continuing dire situation for journalists in Turkey,...
UPDATE: It has been announced that sadly the #HRWFF London has been cancelled due to Covid-19. Please read the statement here. The Bar Human Rights Committee has partnered with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival for the film “Our Mothers” (Nuestras Madres), which is being screened at the Barbican in London at 3.45pm on Saturday 14 March...
Wednesday 11 March 2020, 6pmGarden Court Chambers57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Holborn, London EuroMed Rights is pleased to invite you to the launch of a new report: “The Chilling Effect”: a study on the use of pre-trial detention as a tool of repression against human rights defenders in Egypt. The report was commissioned by EuroMed Rights...
10 December 2019 18:30 Hausfeld 12 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DW Please join us for our end-of year event in conversation with journalist and former BBC News China editor Carrie Gracie, kindly hosted by Hausfeld at their offices. BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC is delighted to be joined by Carrie Gracie to speak about her...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales and the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) invite you to a panel discussionto consider the treatment of Turkic Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China and to explore how to hold China to account for human rights violations there. It is estimated that over 1 million Uyghurs and...
In honour of International Women’s Day, the Bar Human Rights Committee and Garden Court Chambers co-hosted a panel discussion showcasing the work of human rights advocates and defenders fighting for women’s rights & women human rights defenders around the globe. Panellists included Rothna Begum, senior researcher of the Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, who...
In December 2018, Kirsty Brimelow QC will conclude 6 years as Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales. BHRC is hosting a special event in her honour and in celebration of her 15 years’ work with BHRC on 12 December 2018 at 18:30 at Doughty Street Chambers. In conversation with Baroness Helena Kennedy...
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