Join Schona Jolly QC, Chair of BHRC, for a very special ‘In Conversation With’ virtual event that BHRC will host as part of our 30th Anniversary Programme, welcoming HE Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the UN Human Rights Council, on Tuesday 30 November 2021 at 13:00 UK / 14:00 Geneva. During this virtual...
On Monday, 22 November 2021, Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC) and ARTICLE 19 submitted an expert opinion in the case of Saturday Mothers/People. The defendants face between six months to three years of detention for their involvement in a peaceful protest on 25 August 2018. The next hearing of the case...
Expression of interest: BHRC and Article 19 international human rights law training in Turkey Türkçesi aşağıda The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) and ARTICLE 19 are pleased to announce that they will be hosting a series of four free remote training sessions in the effective use and practice of international human...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) joins many international bodies and organisations in expressing its grave concern regarding the decision taken by the Israeli Defence Minister on 19 October to designate a number of prominent Palestinian NGOs as ‘terrorist organisations’ pursuant to the Israeli Counter-Terrorism Law of 2016. The United Nations...
On 2 November 2021 Osman Kavala, a civil society leader and human rights defender, issued a statement on the fourth anniversary of his detention, asserting that the only solace he could take from his experience was that it brought to light the injustices currently being perpetrated against civil society activists, human rights defenders, and others...
Alaa Abd El Fattah, a blogger and human rights defender, is currently accused of ‘belonging to a terrorist group’, ‘funding a terrorist group’, ‘spreading false news undermining national security’ and ‘using social media to commit publishing offences’. Alaa Abd El Fattah has, over much of the past decade, been repeatedly arrested and detained following participation...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) is pleased to announce the establishment of a new project, led by Advocate to provide urgent assistance to a number of vulnerable individuals in relation to the ongoing situation in Afghanistan. The project follows discussions between BHRC, senior immigration lawyers and other partners, to coordinate...
On 27 October 2021, as part of the IBA Global Showcase 2021, BHRC Chair Schona Jolly participated in a panel event hosted by IBAHRI on law and lawyers under attack around the world. The event was chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Director of IBAHRI, and speakers included the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence...
On 11 October 2021, BHRC Executive Committee Member and EuroMed Rights Executive Committee Member Dr Theodora Christou moderated the opening session of an online discussion hosted by EuroMed Rights about the status of the anti-racist movement in the Euro-Mediterranean region and ways of collaboration with the human rights movement. The session was held in the...
On 2 September 2021, BHRC Chair, Schona Jolly QC, gave the opening keynote speech at an international conference at Newcastle University titled: “The Xinjiang Crisis: Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, Justice”. This was the first and largest international conference on Xinjiang since the issue has come to the wider attention of the world, bringing together scholars,...
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