Projects – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales

Projects Statements and LettersNovember 20, 2024

BHRC responds to Global Rights Compliance legal advisory report and policy guidance on global organ trafficking and forced organ harvesting

This open letter published by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) responds to a Legal Advisory Report and Policy Guidance published by GRC concerning organ trafficking and forced organ harvesting around the world. The GRC Legal Advisory Report and Policy Guidance Organ trafficking and forced organ harvesting are pressing international issues....

Amicus Curiae Briefs News Projects Reports Trial ObservationsSeptember 30, 2023

BHRC submits Al Nashiri amicus brief to the Court of Military Commission Review

On 18th August 2023 the Military Commission in the case of United States of America v Al-Nashiri gave a ruling on a request for the suppression (or exclusion) of statements made by Mr Al-Nashiri to US Government officials in January 2007 after he was officially returned to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility following four years...

Events ProjectsMay 19, 2023

Register now for ‘Diminishing Democracy: BHRC Panel on human rights and the rule of law in Myanmar’

Image: Bagus ups/Shutterstock BHRC will host a virtual panel event on Wednesday 07 June 2023 bringing leading lawyers and civil society representatives to spotlight serious concerns about human rights violations and the rule of law in Myanmar. This panel event is the fourth in BHRC’s ‘Diminishing Democracy’ series following earlier events on rule of...

In the Media News Projects ReportsApril 26, 2022

BHRC Trial Observation Report-Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

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...

News ProjectsMarch 4, 2022

BHRC and ARTICLE 19 to hold series of trainings for lawyers and trainee solicitors in Turkey in international human rights law and mechanisms to reinforce protections for refugee and migrant populations.

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) and ARTICLE 19 are pleased to announce that they will be hosting a second round of four free remote training sessions in the effective use and practice of international human rights law and mechanisms to reinforce protections for refugee and migrant populations in Turkey. By...

News Projects Training ResourcesNovember 10, 2021

Expression of interest: BHRC and Article 19 international human rights law training in Turkey

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...

News Projects Statements and LettersDecember 7, 2020

BHRC and the Bar Council write a further letter of concern to Polish authorities following the treatment of Judge Tuleya

The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee have written a further letter of concern to the Polish President and Prime Minister, and Marshals of the Senate and Sejm following the decision of the Disciplinary Chamber to grant the prosecutor’s motion to waive Judge Tuleya’s immunity on 18 November 2020. As part of the decision the Disciplinary Chamber...

News ProjectsMarch 9, 2020

BHRC and the National FGM Centre launch training video on interviewing child witnesses

The Bar Human Rights Committee and the National FGM Centre have today launched a training video on interviewing child witnesses at the National FGM Centre’s conference on harmful practices and the quest towards gender equality to mark International Women’s Day 2020. The video outlines best practices for interviewing a child who has suffered physical and...

News Projects Publications ReportsJanuary 24, 2020

Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Launch of the Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk

On the International Day of Endangered Lawyers, the IBAHRI, in cooperation with BHRC and other long-term partners Human Rights House Foundation, Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, launched the Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk. The Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk is a unique tool aimed at facilitating the efforts of those seeking to...

News Projects Statements and LettersNovember 20, 2019

BHRC gravely concerned as situation in Hong Kong intensifies in letter to Chief Executive Carrie Lam

Update: BHRC received a response from Ms Lam on the 2 December 2019. Click here to read it. BHRC has today urgently written to Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam expressing grave concern at the situation at the Hong Kong Polytechnic and across the city. The letter calls on Ms Lam to take urgent steps...

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