UAE – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales

BHRC In BriefAugust 1, 2024

BHRC In Brief | The need for attention to human rights violations in the UAE’s judiciary: Unfair mass trials, terrorism charges against civil society, life sentences for free expression and more

By Louise Price[1] and Haydee Dijkstal[2] On 10 July 2024, the Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court issued convictions and severe sentences in the United Arab Emirates second largest mass trial to date – prosecuting in mass 84 individuals recognised by leading human rights organisations to be members of civil society, including human rights defenders...

Events NewsJuly 18, 2024

Rule of Law in Jeopardy in the UAE | BHRC Event Report

‘The rule of law in the UAE has been abused and the law is nothing but a tool of the system itself. These are nothing but show trials to demonstrate the power that the state has and how it can easily use the rule of law to legitimise that power.’ – Matthew Hedges ...

Events NewsJuly 10, 2024

BHRC hosts HRC56 Panel on ‘Rule of Law in Jeopardy in the UAE’

On Monday 08 July the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) hosted a panel discussion as a side event to the 56th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, on ‘The Rule of Law in Jeopardy in the UAE’. The event was held at the Geneva Press Club and on Zoom....