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News Publications ReportsJune 14, 2019

Hong Kong’s “ill conceived” extradition proposals “fundamentally imperil the operation of the rule of law” say leading international law organisations.

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, the Law Society of England & Wales, the Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Defence Extradition Lawyer’s Forum, the International Forum of Extradition Specialists, and Fair Trials have co-authored observations on the human...

News Publications Statements and LettersJune 11, 2019

BHRC Chair & IBAHRI Director Issue Joint Statement raising concern over Hong Kong Fugitive Law for Conference on Extradition and Human Rights

BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC and IBAHRI Director Helena Kennedy QC have issued the following joint statement for the Centre for Comparative and Public Law Conference “Extradition and Human Rights: Does the Hong Kong Government’s Bill Provide Sufficient Safeguard for Our Rights“: The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) and the Human...

News Publications Trial ObservationsMay 2, 2019

BHRC report raises concern over expedited trials and denial of bail in Zimbabwe

BHRC has published its report raising concern for fair trial rights and the rule of law in Zimbabwe following an observation mission to Harare in January 2019. The observation mission, conducted by Michael Ivers QC, followed unrest during anti- government protests between 14 and 17 January 2019, where acts of violence against property and persons were...

News Publications Statements and LettersApril 12, 2019

Bar Human Rights Committee to Brunei: “Revoke these oppressive and discriminatory laws”

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has sent a letter to the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, calling on him to revoke recent changes to the Penal Code, which took effect on 3 April 2019, imposing stoning to death as a punishment for practising homosexuality or acts of adultery. In its...

News Publications Trial ObservationsApril 8, 2019

BHRC publishes trial observation notes from Catalan Referendum case

The Accused (Photo from El Pais, EMILIO NARANJO GTRES) The Bar Human Rights Committee has published the formal trial observation notes from its observations at the Catalan Referendum Trial in February 2019. The observations of the hearing of the 12 former members of the Catalan government took place from 19 to 20 February at the Supreme...

News Publications Statements and LettersApril 5, 2019

Barristers seek action from President Erdogan on Turkey’s Day of the Lawyer

The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) have sent a letter to President Erdogan of Turkey urging immediate action by Turkish authorities to protect lawyers and safeguard the rule of law in Turkey. The letter comes as Turkey marks its annual Day of the...

News Publications Statements and LettersMarch 21, 2019

UK barristers urge Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to call on Iran to immediately release human rights lawyer

The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales have sent a public letter to the UK Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt urging him to take action in support of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. Sotoudeh was sentenced to 38 years imprisonment and 148 lashes for undertaking her professional obligations to her clients...

Amicus Curiae Briefs News PublicationsFebruary 22, 2019

BHRC issues Amicus to the Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunal on torture derived evidence

BHRC published its amicus brief to the Guantanamo Bay Military Tribunal in the case of Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, also known as Ammar al Baluchi. Kirsty Brimelow QC, former Chair of BHRC (2012-2018) and co-writer of the amicus said: “Guantanamo Bay remains a stain in legal history. Currently prosecutions are attempting to secure a footing...

News Publications Statements and LettersJanuary 30, 2019

BHRC joins 31 organisations around the world calling for the release of Chinese Human Rights Lawyer, Wang Quanzhang

BHRC has joined a statement with 31 other organisations calling for the acquittal of Wang Quanzhang, a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested during the 709 Crackdown. On 28 January 2019, Mr Wang was found guilty of “subversion of state power” and sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison and 5-year deprivation of political...

News Publications Statements and LettersJanuary 24, 2019

Lawyers Associations join forces to raise concern for the rule of law and the legal profession in Turkey for the Day of the Endangered Lawyer

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has joined ten other Bar Associations, Law Societies and Legal Organisations in a joint declaration concerning the breakdown of the rule of law and serious threats against the independence of Judges, Lawyers, and Prosecutors in Turkey. The declaration marks the 9th annual Day of the Endangered...

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