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...
The BHRC Chair and Executive Committee are delighted to announce that BHRC was officially voted into the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at a special session in New York on 25 July 2023. As the independent, autonomous human rights arm of the Bar Council, the admittance of BHRC to ECOSOC is a strong...
Further to a highly welcomed decision by the US to approve BHRC as one of only two non-US NGOs with International Observer status, BHRC has for many years kept a watching brief on the use of the detention facility at the United States Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and procedural developments in the Military Commissions...
23 November 2021 – The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and ARTICLE 19 have presented an expert opinion on international human rights law and the right to protest regarding the Saturday Mothers/People case. Read the article in Bianet here. .
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.