BHRC has released its fact-finding report, “Breakdown: the dismantling of the Calais “Jungle” and of the promises to its unaccompanied children”. BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC said: “The unaccompanied children of Calais have faced horror, both in their home countries and in France, in “the Jungle” camp. Nearly a year later, the horror continues as children...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales has today published a report on migrant camps at Calais and Grande-Synthe in France, highlighting allegations of police violence, police failure to protect residents within the camps, and a lack of access to justice. BHRC representatives visited the Jungle and Grande-Synthe camps in March 2016, meeting...
On Thursday 16th July, BHRC hosted a seminar at Doughty Street Chambers where a diverse panel discussed the introduction of FGM Protection Orders in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The changes succeeded an investigation into the Government’s failure to protect those within its jurisdiction against FGM. In February 2014, the BHRC gave evidence to the...
An independent report by Geoffrey Robertson QC into the proceedings of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh was published today. The report is the first of its kind and concludes that the Tribunal’s Procedures fall seriously short of international standards. See the report The views within the report do not necessarily reflect those of the BHRC....
‘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...
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