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Tahir Elҫi case: UN Urgent Action Letter and Joint Statement

June 5, 2024

FULL STATEMENT HERE READ THE LETTER HERE The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) is an association of practicing barristers, legal academics, and law students dedicated to protecting the rights of advocates, judges, and human rights defenders around the world, and to promoting the principles of justice and respect for fundamental human rights...

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BHRC Supports International Fair Trial Day and Call for Nominations for Ebru Timtik Award 2024

February 12, 2024

In 2021, a group of lawyers and lawyers’ organisations came together to establish an annual International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) to be observed every year on 14 June. This initiative is supported by more than 100 legal associations across the world, all of which are committed to the vital importance of the right to...

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BHRC publishes 2022-2023 Biennial Report

January 27, 2024

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales is pleased to publish its Biennial Report for 2022-2023, which highlights and spotlights the extraordinary work, activities, initiatives and advocacy of BHRC, our partners and our members in this two-year reporting period. With a foreword by the immediate past Chair Stephen Cragg KC, Barrister at...

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BHRC supports International Fair Trial Day and Call for Nominations for Ebru Timtik Award

March 8, 2023

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

September 22, 2022

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...

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BHRC x ABA ROLI ‘Edge of Law’ Virtual Dialogue Series concludes with report and recommendations to be published in September 2022

September 5, 2022

Image Credit: catastrophe_OL / Shutterstock BHRC was proud to partner with the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) on a series of four virtual dialogues held between November 2021-March 2022, through which BHRC and ABA ROLI sought to and succeeded in creating a regional platform where practitioners, academics, civil society actors and...

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BHRC and Article 19 Release Joint Statement Condemning the Sentencing of Eight Turkish Human Rights Defenders

April 27, 2022

Image Credit: Shutterstock / Thomas Koch ARTICLE 19 and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) condemn the aggravated life sentence given to Osman Kavala and the 18-year sentences handed down to Mucella Yapici, Çiğdem Mater, Hakan Altınay, Mine Özerden, Can Atalay, Tayfun Kahraman and Yiğit Ali Ekmekçi in relation to...

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BHRC supports International Fair Trial Day 2022 Statement & Call for nominations for the Ebru Timtik Award

April 12, 2022

The right to a fair trial has long been recognised by the international community as a fundamental human right. Without a fair trial, every individual risks becoming the victim of a miscarriage of justice, either as an innocent suspect wrongly convicted, or as a victim unable to secure justice for a wrong perpetrated against him...

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Farewell from our outgoing Chair, Schona Jolly QC

December 16, 2021

As I approach the end of my term as Chair of BHRC, I write to share what an immense privilege it has been to lead this organisation, and its committed Executive Committee, members and staff through a turbulent period for human rights across the world. As the pandemic has devastated individual lives, so too...

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Philippines: Attacks against lawyers further escalating

June 23, 2021

23 June 2021 – Attacks against lawyers in the Philippines continue to take place and killings have reached a record high since the start of President Duterte’s administration five years ago. We, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the attacks and the oppressive working environment lawyers still face in the Philippines. We call...

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