The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (‘BHRC’) will host a virtual panel event on Wednesday 19 October 2022 to spotlight serious concerns about human rights violations and the rule of law in Sri Lanka. This event is the second in BHRC’s Diminishing Democracy series and follows a panel on rule of...

Image Credit: catastrophe_OL / Shutterstock BHRC was proud to partner with the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) on a series of four virtual dialogues held between November 2021-March 2022, through which BHRC and ABA ROLI sought to and succeeded in creating a regional platform where practitioners, academics, civil society actors and...

Image Credit: Goldenhearty/Shutterstock   The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC) and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) is pleased to share that registration is now live for a virtual launch event marking the release of our new joint report, The Edge of Law: A regional approach to...

Image Credit: Ruwan Walpola / Shutterstock The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (‘BHRC’) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (‘IBAHRI’) have previously expressed grave concerns at the deteriorating human rights situation in Sri Lanka, and now wish to add to the chorus of respected global human rights voices drawing attention to...