On BBC World, BHRC co-Vice Char Schona Jolly QC raised serious concern for the situation in Rakhine State, Myanmar and calling for the international community to put pressure on Myanmar to end the violence and to bring the perpetrators to justice. In the interview, Schona laid out the difficulty in proving the intent to commit genocide...
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...
BHRC is excited to announce the speakers for our panel entitled “In the middle of our own historical wrong: the plight of refugees.” Lord Alfred Dubs, actor and activist Vanessa Redgrave and the former President of the UK Upper Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chambers Mr Justice Bernard McCloskey. The panel will be chaired by BHRC...
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