Hong Kong – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales

Statements and LettersSeptember 3, 2025

BHRC expresses grave concern over disciplinary proceedings and disbarment of Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Yam

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, Asian Lawyers Network, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, and The Rights Practice express their grave concern over the disciplinary proceedings...

EventsMay 12, 2025

BHRC Seminar | ‘Rule of law, judicial independence and attacks on the legal profession in Hong Kong, Turkey & the United States’

The Bar Human Rights Committee will be hosting a virtual seminar on Thursday 22 May 2025 (12:00-15:00 UK), spotlighting serious concerns for human rights and rule of law, protest rights / freedom of expression, and judicial independence amidst escalating attacks on judges, lawyers and protesters in Hong Kong, Turkey and most recently, the United States....

News Publications ReportsMarch 17, 2025

BHRC publishes follow up report on judicial independence in Hong Kong SAR

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales has today published its follow up to the 2023 report on judicial independence in Hong Kong SAR using the American Bar Association ROLI Toolkit & Methodology. The question of judicial independence has loomed large in Hong Kong in recent years and a critical analysis of the...