IBA's Human Rights Institute
@ibahri.bsky.social
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) works to promote and protect human rights and the independence of the legal profession worldwide.
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#Tunisia: IBAHRI and 20 other organisations call for the release of #lawyer Ayachi Hammami, arbitrarily detained and convicted for representing defendants in the so-called ‘conspiracy’ case & his commitment to #HumanRights and #RuleOfLaw. He is on hunger strike.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#Tunisia: IBAHRI and 20 other organisations call for the release of #lawyer Ayachi Hammami, arbitrarily detained and convicted for representing defendants in the so-called ‘conspiracy’ case & his commitment to #HumanRights and #RuleOfLaw. He is on hunger strike.
Read: tinyurl.com/ykae44kf
Read: tinyurl.com/ykae44kf
The IBAHRI strongly condemns the conviction of #JimmyLai, founder of Apple Daily in #HongKong who has been held in solitary confinement for over 1,800 days. The verdict represents a death sentence unless the international community acts now.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The IBAHRI strongly condemns the conviction of #JimmyLai, founder of Apple Daily in #HongKong who has been held in solitary confinement for over 1,800 days. The verdict represents a death sentence unless the international community acts now.
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@emilyfoale.bsky.social
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@emilyfoale.bsky.social
As part of a University of Lille course on International Criminal Justice, #IBAHRI's Francesca Restifo delivered a lecture focused on the challenges & risks faced by #lawyers engaging with international #accountability mechanisms.
December 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
As part of a University of Lille course on International Criminal Justice, #IBAHRI's Francesca Restifo delivered a lecture focused on the challenges & risks faced by #lawyers engaging with international #accountability mechanisms.
On 12 Dec 2025, 1530-1645 CET, IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social will participate in a high-level panel on #GenderApartheid at 3rd #HearUs summit on advancing accountability for #Afghanistan #women. Hosted by Women for Afghanistan and @exterioresgob.bsky.social.
Livestream: tinyurl.com/4pcafv97
Livestream: tinyurl.com/4pcafv97
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On 12 Dec 2025, 1530-1645 CET, IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social will participate in a high-level panel on #GenderApartheid at 3rd #HearUs summit on advancing accountability for #Afghanistan #women. Hosted by Women for Afghanistan and @exterioresgob.bsky.social.
Livestream: tinyurl.com/4pcafv97
Livestream: tinyurl.com/4pcafv97
#Türkiye - IBAHRI expresses deep regret regarding the arrest of #lawyer Naim Eminoğlu on 10 December 2025 on unfounded allegations of ‘connection to the Gülen organization’ and joins 27 other orgs in calling for his immediate release.
Read the statement: tinyurl.com/mxk7j82
Read the statement: tinyurl.com/mxk7j82
Türkiye: IBAHRI and 27 other organisations join to condemn the arrest of lawyer Naim Eminoğlu
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) expresses deep regret regarding the arrest of lawyer Naim Eminoğlu on 10 December 2026 and joins 27 other organisations calling for ...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#Türkiye - IBAHRI expresses deep regret regarding the arrest of #lawyer Naim Eminoğlu on 10 December 2025 on unfounded allegations of ‘connection to the Gülen organization’ and joins 27 other orgs in calling for his immediate release.
Read the statement: tinyurl.com/mxk7j82
Read the statement: tinyurl.com/mxk7j82
On 11 December 2025, 1300–1630, join IBAHRI's Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC & Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social for HRLA x BHRC virtual seminar, ‘Advocacy & Strategy for #HumanRights Defenders: Community, Communication & Collective Action’.
Register: tinyurl.com/2j6kup9m
Register: tinyurl.com/2j6kup9m
December 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
On 11 December 2025, 1300–1630, join IBAHRI's Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC & Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social for HRLA x BHRC virtual seminar, ‘Advocacy & Strategy for #HumanRights Defenders: Community, Communication & Collective Action’.
Register: tinyurl.com/2j6kup9m
Register: tinyurl.com/2j6kup9m
On 10 Dec 2025, 1100 ET, join IBAHRI for webinar 'The Crimes Against Humanity Convention During Ongoing Crises & the Great Realignment', hosted by @americanbar.org International Law Section to mark Human Rights Day. IBAHRI's Baroness Helena Kennedy KC will be speaking.
Register: tinyurl.com/3z9maetd
Register: tinyurl.com/3z9maetd
December 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
On 10 Dec 2025, 1100 ET, join IBAHRI for webinar 'The Crimes Against Humanity Convention During Ongoing Crises & the Great Realignment', hosted by @americanbar.org International Law Section to mark Human Rights Day. IBAHRI's Baroness Helena Kennedy KC will be speaking.
Register: tinyurl.com/3z9maetd
Register: tinyurl.com/3z9maetd
On 10 December, #UN #HumanRightsDay, IBAHRI joins @amnesty.org, @ituc.bsky.social & others in calling for the #HongKong authorities to release pro-democracy activists Chow Hang-tung & Lee Cheuk-yan, and repeal all #laws that infringe on #HumanRights in the region.
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Read: tinyurl.com/2jfxbsna
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
On 10 December, #UN #HumanRightsDay, IBAHRI joins @amnesty.org, @ituc.bsky.social & others in calling for the #HongKong authorities to release pro-democracy activists Chow Hang-tung & Lee Cheuk-yan, and repeal all #laws that infringe on #HumanRights in the region.
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Read: tinyurl.com/2jfxbsna
IBAHRI and partners have issued a joint letter to the #UN Human Rights Council calling for international action to prevent further #HumanRights abuses in #Tanzania following authorities’ crackdown on the 2025 post-election protests & the #RuleOfLaw.
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#TanzaniaMassacre
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#TanzaniaMassacre
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
IBAHRI and partners have issued a joint letter to the #UN Human Rights Council calling for international action to prevent further #HumanRights abuses in #Tanzania following authorities’ crackdown on the 2025 post-election protests & the #RuleOfLaw.
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#TanzaniaMassacre
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#TanzaniaMassacre
2025 marked 30 years of the IBAHRI promoting & protecting #HumanRights and the #RuleOfLaw globally. IBAHRI's work includes protecting lawyers’ rights; advocacy and awareness raising; capacity building; technical assistance; fact-finding and trial observations.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
2025 marked 30 years of the IBAHRI promoting & protecting #HumanRights and the #RuleOfLaw globally. IBAHRI's work includes protecting lawyers’ rights; advocacy and awareness raising; capacity building; technical assistance; fact-finding and trial observations.
tinyurl.com/ysuscw6w
tinyurl.com/ysuscw6w
After the recent in absentia imposition of a two-year jail sentence to #UK MP @tulipsiddiq.bsky.social in #Bangladesh, IBHARI expresses concern over fair trial and due process rights in the country and urges the government to ensure accountability for past violations.
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Read: tinyurl.com/kzb8kd2d
December 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
After the recent in absentia imposition of a two-year jail sentence to #UK MP @tulipsiddiq.bsky.social in #Bangladesh, IBHARI expresses concern over fair trial and due process rights in the country and urges the government to ensure accountability for past violations.
Read: tinyurl.com/kzb8kd2d
Read: tinyurl.com/kzb8kd2d
Francesca Restifo, Senior Human Rights lawyer and UN Representative for IBAHRI, on the importance of the findings of the 'No Defence' report regarding #Iran’s legal profession:
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Francesca Restifo, Senior Human Rights lawyer and UN Representative for IBAHRI, on the importance of the findings of the 'No Defence' report regarding #Iran’s legal profession:
IBAHRI and CSHR Iran have released 'No Defence: A Report on the Status of Lawyers and the Bar Associations in Iran – Challenges and Recommendations' – important new research documenting the escalating erosion of the #legal profession in #Iran.
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Read: www.ibanet.org/New-report-N...
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
IBAHRI and CSHR Iran have released 'No Defence: A Report on the Status of Lawyers and the Bar Associations in Iran – Challenges and Recommendations' – important new research documenting the escalating erosion of the #legal profession in #Iran.
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Read: www.ibanet.org/New-report-N...
In a piece for @forbes.com: 'Every Day, 137 Women And Girls Are Killed By Intimate Partners Or Family Members', IBAHRI's Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social discusses a new UN report, estimating that 50,000 women & girls were killed by a partner/family member in 2024.
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Every Day, 137 Women And Girls Are Killed By Intimate Partners Or Family Members
On November 24, 2025, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In a piece for @forbes.com: 'Every Day, 137 Women And Girls Are Killed By Intimate Partners Or Family Members', IBAHRI's Dr @ewelinaochab.bsky.social discusses a new UN report, estimating that 50,000 women & girls were killed by a partner/family member in 2024.
Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...
Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...
The CEDAW's #Women, Peace and Security Addendum, is redefining protections for #women and girls in #conflict. This video highlights its role in advancing rights, #equality and peacebuilding. IBAHRI Director Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC hosted the discussion.
Watch: vimeo.com/1141468439
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Watch: vimeo.com/1141468439
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The CEDAW's Transformative Women, Peace and Security Addendum
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December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
2 Dec 2025 @ 13h15 in The Hague: A side event for attendees at the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Crt to focus on the Libulnaja – The Hague Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation & Prosecution...of #Genocide.
IBAHRI's Dr Ewelina Ochab to participate.
IBAHRI's Dr Ewelina Ochab to participate.
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
2 Dec 2025 @ 13h15 in The Hague: A side event for attendees at the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Crt to focus on the Libulnaja – The Hague Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation & Prosecution...of #Genocide.
IBAHRI's Dr Ewelina Ochab to participate.
IBAHRI's Dr Ewelina Ochab to participate.
‘Inaction cannot be justified’, writes IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social in an article for @forbes.com on the recent abduction of schoolchildren in #Nigeria. Dr Ochab calls for urgent responses, noting that ‘equality, justice and accountability must prevail’.
Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...
Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...
Hundreds Of Children Abducted From A School In Nigeria
It’s been over a decade since Boko Haram abducted 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Borno, in April 2014. The abduction received international attention, with...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
‘Inaction cannot be justified’, writes IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social in an article for @forbes.com on the recent abduction of schoolchildren in #Nigeria. Dr Ochab calls for urgent responses, noting that ‘equality, justice and accountability must prevail’.
Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...
Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...
The IBAHRI has condemned #Pakistan’s 27th Constitutional Amendment, warning that it represents a structural assault on the independence of the judiciary with long-term consequences for constitutional governance and fundamental rights protection.
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Read: tinyurl.com/297m8mwp
IBAHRI condemns Pakistan’s 27th Constitutional Amendment as flagrant attack on judicial independence and the rule of law
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has condemned Pakistan’s 27th Constitutional Amendment and issued a strong warning that the amendment represents a structural assaul...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The IBAHRI has condemned #Pakistan’s 27th Constitutional Amendment, warning that it represents a structural assault on the independence of the judiciary with long-term consequences for constitutional governance and fundamental rights protection.
Read: tinyurl.com/297m8mwp
Read: tinyurl.com/297m8mwp
On 28 Nov 2025 in #Nairobi, #Kenya, IBAHRI
@ewelinaochab.bsky.social will participate in the #Africa Working Group Dialogue on International #Justice and the #ICC, hosted by @pga-champions.bsky.social. Speaking at two sessions, Dr Ochab will explore how African parliamentarians can support the ICC.
@ewelinaochab.bsky.social will participate in the #Africa Working Group Dialogue on International #Justice and the #ICC, hosted by @pga-champions.bsky.social. Speaking at two sessions, Dr Ochab will explore how African parliamentarians can support the ICC.
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
On 28 Nov 2025 in #Nairobi, #Kenya, IBAHRI
@ewelinaochab.bsky.social will participate in the #Africa Working Group Dialogue on International #Justice and the #ICC, hosted by @pga-champions.bsky.social. Speaking at two sessions, Dr Ochab will explore how African parliamentarians can support the ICC.
@ewelinaochab.bsky.social will participate in the #Africa Working Group Dialogue on International #Justice and the #ICC, hosted by @pga-champions.bsky.social. Speaking at two sessions, Dr Ochab will explore how African parliamentarians can support the ICC.
The judicial harassment of #Pakistani #HumanRights #lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha is of deep concern to IBAHRI and partner orgs, prompting a joint statement calling on authorities to drop all criminal proceedings against the two.
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Read: tinyurl.com/bdfzsvp6
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The judicial harassment of #Pakistani #HumanRights #lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha is of deep concern to IBAHRI and partner orgs, prompting a joint statement calling on authorities to drop all criminal proceedings against the two.
Read: tinyurl.com/bdfzsvp6
Read: tinyurl.com/bdfzsvp6
The IBAHRI is calling for increased international attention to the discovery, protection, and investigation of mass graves, warning that urgent #legal action is needed as new evidence emerges from conflict zones including #Ukraine, #Ethiopia & #Sudan.
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IBAHRI urges global focus on mass graves as new discoveries reveal scale of atrocity crimes
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) is calling for a significant increase in international attention to the discovery, protection and investigation of mass graves world...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The IBAHRI is calling for increased international attention to the discovery, protection, and investigation of mass graves, warning that urgent #legal action is needed as new evidence emerges from conflict zones including #Ukraine, #Ethiopia & #Sudan.
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Read: tinyurl.com/9ed2ztv5
The IBAHRI and NGO partners have issued a statement expressing deep concern for the escalation in executions in #SaudiArabia. IBAHRI urges the authorities to halt all executions and impose a moratorium on the #DeathPenalty, with a view to abolition.
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Read: tinyurl.com/3nvjp7a2
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The IBAHRI and NGO partners have issued a statement expressing deep concern for the escalation in executions in #SaudiArabia. IBAHRI urges the authorities to halt all executions and impose a moratorium on the #DeathPenalty, with a view to abolition.
Read: tinyurl.com/3nvjp7a2
Read: tinyurl.com/3nvjp7a2
Writing in @forbes.com, IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social called for stronger #laws criminalising digital violence as #16DaysOfActivism against Gender-Based Violence #GBV campaign begins following #UN Day for the Elimination of Violence Against #Women (25 Nov).
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Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...
United Nations: Digital Violence Against Women Is Real Violence
November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a U.N. day designated to focus on the issue of violence against women and...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Writing in @forbes.com, IBAHRI's @ewelinaochab.bsky.social called for stronger #laws criminalising digital violence as #16DaysOfActivism against Gender-Based Violence #GBV campaign begins following #UN Day for the Elimination of Violence Against #Women (25 Nov).
Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...
Read: www.forbes.com/sites/ewelin...
On 19 Nov 2025, @uprinfo.bsky.social hosted the event ‘Policy dialogue: Paving the way for the fifth Universal Periodic Review cycle’ in #Geneva. IBAHRI's Francesca Restifo spoke at a session on sharing good practices & promoting stakeholders’ cooperation, with a focus on the role of... 1/4
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
On 19 Nov 2025, @uprinfo.bsky.social hosted the event ‘Policy dialogue: Paving the way for the fifth Universal Periodic Review cycle’ in #Geneva. IBAHRI's Francesca Restifo spoke at a session on sharing good practices & promoting stakeholders’ cooperation, with a focus on the role of... 1/4
On 25 Nov 2025, 1800–2000 GMT, join IBAHRI & Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) for a panel discussion: ‘Next Steps for Universal Jurisdiction’, at Garden Court Chambers, London and online.
In-person registration: tinyurl.com/3ys23k63
Online registration: tinyurl.com/3m7sb49k
In-person registration: tinyurl.com/3ys23k63
Online registration: tinyurl.com/3m7sb49k
Next Steps for Universal Jurisdiction
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November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
On 25 Nov 2025, 1800–2000 GMT, join IBAHRI & Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) for a panel discussion: ‘Next Steps for Universal Jurisdiction’, at Garden Court Chambers, London and online.
In-person registration: tinyurl.com/3ys23k63
Online registration: tinyurl.com/3m7sb49k
In-person registration: tinyurl.com/3ys23k63
Online registration: tinyurl.com/3m7sb49k