Publications – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales

News Publications Statements and LettersDecember 8, 2022

Foreign Lawyers’ Right to Offer Legal Representation and Independence of Legal Profession in Hong Kong are at Risk

The 29 Principles, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), International Association of People’s Lawyers – Australian Branch, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, American Association of the International Commission of Jurists, Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, Law Society of England and Wales, Paris...

News Publications Statements and LettersDecember 2, 2022

Bar Council and BHRC statement on conviction of Richard Naidu in the High Court of Fiji

Image Credit: Leonid Altman / Shutterstock The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) join the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) and Bar leaders around the world in expressing concern over the conviction of Richard Naidu by the High Court of Fiji for “scandalising” the...

News Publications Statements and LettersOctober 28, 2022

BHRC and the Bar Council Joint Statement on the Arrest of Lawyers in Iran

Image Credit: Natanael Ginting / Shutterstock The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) join the international legal community’s call on the Iranian Government to end the arrest, detention, and intimidation of lawyers in Iran. These attacks represent a grave threat to the rule...

News Publications ReportsSeptember 22, 2022

The Edge of Law Report: A Regional Approach to Confronting Key Legal Challenges

Download High-Res Report Here and Download Low-Res Report Here The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative are proud to release this new joint report, The Edge of Law: A regional approach to confronting key legal challenges. The Report synthesises the findings of a path...

News Publications Statements and LettersSeptember 29, 2020

Iran: Letter to Supreme Leader raising concerns for human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has written to Ayatollah Khameini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, to raise concerns in respect of the case of the human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, whose health seriously deteriorated following a prolonged hunger strike. In 2019 she was sentenced to a total of 38 years’...

News Publications Training ResourcesSeptember 22, 2020

Toolkit for Lawyers at Risk

This year, BHRC – in a project led by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and in cooperation with its partners Human Rights House Foundation, Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada – launched a Toolkit for Lawyers at Risk. The Toolkit on Lawyers at Risk is a unique tool aimed at...

News Publications Statements and LettersSeptember 17, 2020

Joint letter to President Erdoğan of Turkey on the mass arrest of lawyers in Ankara

Your Excellency, The undersigned organisations have learned of the arrest of approximately 55 lawyers and trainee-lawyers in Ankara. According to the information received, on 11 September 2020, the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for approximately 55 lawyers and trainee-lawyers for being “members of a terrorist organization”. Their offices and places of residence were...

News Publications Trial ObservationsSeptember 10, 2020

BHRC publishes the “Gezi Park” trial observation report in Turkish

BHRC has published the Turkish version of its trial observation report of the “Gezi Park” trial of sixteen leading civil society individuals in Turkey, including Open Society Foundation Board member Osman Kavala. The report was first published in English in May 2020. BHRC had closely monitored the trial over several months since June 2019, which ostensibly...

News Publications Statements and LettersAugust 27, 2020

Zimbabwe: Systematic and Targeted Intimidation of Lawyers and Others Amidst Deteriorating Human Rights Situation

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) expresses grave concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe. BHRC are particularly concerned by a number of reports of the arrest, detention and intimidation of opposition party activists, lawyers and journalists. Further, there appears to be a clear pattern of systematic and targeted...

Amicus Curiae Briefs News Publications Statements and LettersJuly 29, 2020

BHRC urges the King of Bahrain to halt executions of two men convicted on basis of confession allegedly extracted under torture

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has called on the King of Bahrain to suspend or commute the death sentences of Mohamed Ramadan and Husain Ali Moosa in an open letter sent today. Mr Ramadan and Mr Moosa were convicted of carrying out a 2014 bombing in Bahrain. Both men allege...

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