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News Publications Statements and LettersSeptember 20, 2017

BHRC raises concern for lawyers in Tanzania amid shooting of Law Society President

BHRC, with the Bar Council and Law Society, have signed an open letter to the President of Tanzania condemning the violence against lawyers in Tanzania. The letter comes in the wake of the shooting of Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu, the President of the Tanganyika Law Society, just weeks after being arrested by Tanzanian officials under questionable circumstances....

News Publications Trial ObservationsSeptember 1, 2017

BHRC welcomes release of Cameroonian protestors

London, 1st September 2017 BHRC today welcomes the release from detention in Yaounde of 54 Cameroonians from the South West and North West Anglophone regions. The individuals were on trial for alleged crimes associated with terrorist actions against the State, to which BHRC and other organisations have raised concerns. All charges have been dropped against...

Publications Statements and LettersAugust 17, 2017

BHRC releases statement of concern for detention of Law Society President in Tanzania

BHRC has released a statement of concern for Tundo Lissu, the president of the Tanganyika Law Society. Tundu Lissu was arrested on 20th July 2017 at the Julius Nyerere International airport in Dar es Salaam, when he was on his way to Kigali, Rwanda to represent the TLS at the East African Civil Society Governing...

News Publications Statements and LettersAugust 4, 2017

BHRC and Bar Council reach out to Mugabe over Zimbabwe’s plans for the judiciary

A joint letter signed by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and the Bar Council of England and Wales has been sent to the President of Zimbabwe calling for him to veto a Bill proposing changes to judicial appointments that would threaten the independence of the judiciary and undermine the rule of...

News Publications Statements and LettersAugust 3, 2017

On the Third Anniversary of the Massacre at Sinjar, the Global Justice Center and Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales Call for Justice for the Yazidi Genocide

Today is the third anniversary of the massacre at Mount Sinjar where ISIS fighters murdered thousands of Yazidi men and enslaved thousands of Yazidi women and girls. Despite the fact that the UN and the European Parliament have accepted that crimes committed against the Yazidis constitute genocide, there has not been a single prosecution of...

News Publications Statements and LettersJuly 22, 2017

BHRC raises concern over potential changes to the Polish judiciary

21 July 2017 (updated 24 July 2017) BHRC has sent a letter to the President of Poland and released a Statement of Concern to the British Ambassador in Poland, raising serious concern over proposed changes to the Polish judiciary. The changes would give the Polish government substantial influence over the appointment of judges, eroding the independence of...

News Publications Statements and LettersJuly 22, 2017

BHRC calls for the release of Amnesty Turkey director and the Istanbul 10.

BHRC has sent an open letter to the Minister of Justice in Turkey calling for the release Amnesty Turkey director Idel Eser and the “Istanbul 10”. On 5 July, 10 human rights defenders, including the director of Amnesty Turkey Idel Eser, were arrested and accused of ‘committing crimes as part of a terrorist organisation without...

Biennial Reports News PublicationsDecember 7, 2016

BHRC publishes 2014-15 Biennial Report

The Bar Human Rights Committee’s 2014-15 Biennial Report has been published today. This report provides a detailed overview of BHRC’s recent work, including the development of anti-FGM protection orders in the UK, research into torture and sexual violence in Sri Lanka, statements and letters of concern over ongoing human rights abuses, and human rights and law...

News Publications ReportsJune 30, 2010

BHRC launches report: “A place in the sun: A report on the state of the rule of law in Zimbabwe after the Global Peace Agreement September 2008” at the Houses of Parliament

THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE BAR OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE BAR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE A Place in the Sun: A report on the state of the rule of law in Zimbabwe after the Global Peace Agreement September 2008 Desmond Brown QC speaking note, Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 11am – 12pm Committee Room 1,...

Amicus Curiae Briefs PublicationsJune 11, 2010

BHRC joins SIHRG in submitting an Amicus Curiae Brief in Valentina Rosendo CantÏ et. al. against the United States of Mexico at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

IN THE INTER AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CASE OF CASE NUMBER 12.579 VALENTINA ROSENDO CANTÚ et al AND THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO AMICUS BRIEF ON BEHALF OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF THE BAR OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE SOLICITORS’ INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP This short brief is respectfully addressed...

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