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News Trial ObservationsFebruary 14, 2015

BHRC concerned at proceedings in trial of former President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) is concerned at the sudden resumption of the trial of former President Mohamed Nasheed in the Maldives. Mr Nasheed was the first democratically elected president of the Maldives who lost power in controversial circumstances in February 2012 and unsuccessfully contested the presidential election in 2014. The...

News Statements and LettersFebruary 10, 2015

BHRC writes to UN Secretary-General in response to inhumane conditions at Camp Liberty in Iraq

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) has written an open letter to the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, to express its concern at the inhumane conditions being suffered by Iranian Refugees at Camp Liberty in Iraq. The Government of Iraq has repeatedly failed to meet its obligations to respect the humanitarian and human rights of...

News Reports Trial ObservationsFebruary 6, 2015

Independent report by Geoffrey Robertson QC into the proceedings of the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh

An independent report by Geoffrey Robertson QC into the proceedings of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh was published today. The report is the first of its kind and concludes that the Tribunal’s Procedures fall seriously short of international standards. See the report The views within the report do not necessarily reflect those of the BHRC....

News Statements and LettersJanuary 19, 2015

BHRC calls on British Government to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia following public flogging of blogger Raif Badawi

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) has written to the UK Foreign Secretary to ask the British Government to do much more to pressure the Saudi authorities to end the flogging and imprisonment of blogger, Raif Badawi. Chair of Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC), Kirsty Brimelow QC said: “These floggings are torture and place Saudi...

Amicus Curiae Briefs NewsDecember 18, 2014

BHRC submits Amicus Curiae brief to the Court of Appeal in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) sought leave and presented submissions to the Court of Appeal in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, concerning allegations of torture during police custody of a British national arrested on drugs charges, who was convicted earlier this year. Our submissions drew the Court’s attention to international law concerning the admission of...

News Statements and LettersDecember 15, 2014

BHRC calls for the immediate release of Dr. Amin Mekki Medani

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has released a statement today, 15th December 2014, in response to the arbitrary arrest and continued detention of Dr. Amin Mekki Medani in Sudan. It is understood that Dr Medani was arrested at his home in Khartoum on 6th December 2014, that no warrant...

News ReportsDecember 2, 2014

Milestones in International Criminal Justice: The ICC & Palestine – Meeting Summary

‘This is a summary of an event held by the International Law Programme at Chatham House in association with Doughty Street Chambers.1 The meeting examined the implications of the UN General Assembly’s decision to accord Palestine the status of non-member observer state in 2012, issues concerning Palestine’s prospective accession to the Rome Statute, and the...

Events NewsDecember 1, 2014

UN High Level Meeting on 25th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Representatives of BHRC were invited by UNICEF to attend a high level meeting and day of celebration on 20th November at the United Nations in New York to mark the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. BHRC was invited due to the child protection training project it has carried out in Nigeria...

Events NewsNovember 25, 2014

Resource Extraction and Human Rights in Honduras

On 25th November 2014, BHRC and Peace Brigades International (PBI) held a round-table on the topic of resource extraction and human rights with guest speaker Donald Hernandez, a criminal and environmental lawyer from Honduras. Donald provides legal representation and capacity building to indigenous and environmental rights groups affected by the impact of the extractive industry....

News Statements and LettersNovember 11, 2014

ICT Bangladesh: BHRC calls for immediate suspension of death sentences handed down against Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Motiur Rahman Nizami

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has released a statement today, 11th November 2014, calling for the immediate suspension of the death sentences handed down against Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Motiur Rahman Nizami by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). See the full statement here.

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