The Bar Human Rights Committee, Law Society and IBA Human Rights Institue co-organised a UN side event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to discuss the challenges that the Turkish legal profession has been facing since the failed coup in July 2016. The event took place on 21 June 2018 at 15:00-16:00 in Room XXV...
To mark the 20-year anniversary of the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the Bar Human Rights Committee hosted a panel discussion on internal displacement and international law. The event looked at the IDP crisis in Nigeria and BHRC’s recent training for Nigerian lawyers working with IDPs in North-Eastern Nigeria. The discuss began with remarks...
Luis Guillermo Picture taken by and used with the permission of Peace Brigades International On 25 April, BHRC hosted Colombian human rights lawyer Luis Guillermo Pérez as part of his European speaking tour in which he also meet with EU institutions and representatives of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Luis Guillermo is member...
The Bar Human Rights Committee hosted a special event in Swansea, focusing on opportunities for barristers and students to get involved in BHRC’s international human rights work, followed by a drinks reception sponsored by Angel Chamber, Wales and Chester Circuit and the Hillary RodhamClinton School of Law. BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC discussed BHRC’s recent work, including...
The BPP Human Rights Unit and the Bar Human Rights Committee hosted a special event at BPP Holborn, focusing on opportunities for barristers and students to get involved in BHRC’s international human rights work. BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC and Executive Committee members Michael Ivers QC and Grainne Melon spoke on BHRC’s recent work included acting as legal observers...
A report by BHRC produced on behalf of EuroMed Rights on the trial of Aya Hegazy was launched on 28 November at an event hosted by Garden Court Chambers. The launch received a lot of attention online via the FB live and featured on a programme of Al-Araby. The event was chaired by Grainne Mellon...
London, 27 November EuroMed Rights and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) of England and Wales are publishing a new trial observation report on the case of Egyptian woman human rights defender Aya Hegazy. Ms Aya Hegazy, dual US-Egyptian citizen and founder of the Belady Foundation, a charity helping street children, was held in detention for...
BHRC is excited to announce the speakers for our panel entitled “In the middle of our own historical wrong: the plight of refugees.” Lord Alfred Dubs, actor and activist Vanessa Redgrave and the former President of the UK Upper Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chambers Mr Justice Bernard McCloskey. The panel will be chaired by BHRC...
BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC served as moderator for the first UN Workshop on Witchcraft and Human Rights. The two day workshop was the first of its kind at the international level and brought together UN experts, academics and members of civil society to discuss the belief of witchcraft, in all its manifestations, and its...
BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC sat down with CNBC Africa during her visit to the Nigerian Bar Association Annual Conference. Brimelow and Executive Officer Amanda June Chadwick attended the conference at the invitation of the Nigerian Bar Association President A.B. Mahmoud, SAN to meet and discuss the human rights situation in the northeast. The five...
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