‘This is a summary of an event held by the International Law Programme at Chatham House in association with Doughty Street Chambers.1 The meeting examined the implications of the UN General Assembly’s decision to accord Palestine the status of non-member observer state in 2012, issues concerning Palestine’s prospective accession to the Rome Statute, and the...
In reponse to a call for submissions from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the theme “Towards a better investment in the rights of the child”, the BHRC submitted a report on female genital mutilation (FGM). Sent on 3rd October 2014, the submission will be considered by the OHCHR...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has released today, 3rd July 2014, a statement welcoming the Home Affairs Committee’s report on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). While the BHRC commends in particular the civil protection measures in the report, as recommended in BHRC’s own submission to the Committee, it urges the Government to...
Universal Jurisdiction. Illari Aragón examines threats to universal jurisdiction within Spain and the effect upon the Tibet, Province of China case against China in the Spanish National Court. Read the full analysis here.
Produced by human rights lawyer and co-author of the UN Panel of Experts report on mass atrocities in Sri Lanka, Yasmin Sooka, as well as the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) and the International Truth & Justice Project, Sri Lanka, the report draws on testimonies, medical examinations and psychiatric assessments from...
The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) urges the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Hassan Rouhani, to ensure that the new Iranian Charter for Citizens’ Rights (‘the Charter’) unambiguously guarantees access to fundamental rights to all living within the country and acts as a roadmap for legal reform with human rights at its...
THE GENOCIDE TRIAL OF RIOS MONTT, Counsel Magazine, February 2014. Illari Aragón, BHRC Project Coordinator on the trial’s significance and the challenges faced by those seeking justice in Guatemala. Read the full analysis here.
In 2011 and 2012 JKM undertook research in Mumbai to investigate the right to education and why less than half of children in India between the ages of six and fourteen attend school. The aim of this report was to investigate why so few children benefit from the education system and to establish what can...
BHRC report to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Female Genital Mutilation (12 February 2014). Click here to access the report. Read the full set of written evidence submitted to the Home Affairs Committee Media coverage from The Times.
A brief update of the BHRC activities during May. View bulletin here.
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