Human Rights Law Committee

Webinars

• Human trafficking and the rights of trafficked persons, January 2024
• Fair trial rights and the prosecution of alleged atrocities in Ukraine, November 2023
• The relevance and role of human rights mechanisms in times of crisis, February 2023
• Human rights in the maritime industry, December 2021
• The impact of human trafficking and modern slavery on lawyers and their clients, December 2020

Podcast and film

Podcast: The Human Rights Law Committee podcast series looks at both obvious and overlooked aspects of litigating and documenting torture, in an ‘A-Z’ format. Although the obligations under the Convention against Torture are of a jus cogens nature, the scope of these obligations, and the range of physical and psychological torture/cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, tend to be understood or construed narrowly. Listen here

Film: The Committee's interview series with prominent human rights lawyers and advocates highlights the challenges of protecting human rights in the 21st century. Interviewees include former UN and ICC representatives among others. Watch here

Projects and reports

Wajiha Ahmed and Shirley Pouget are pleased to be the co-chairs of the committee for 2024-2025. At this time the committee is considering its priority areas and we will be announcing these in the near future.

In the meantime if there are any proposals, please do not hesitate to reach out to our committee chairs, via their emails linked above, with such ideas.

Subcommittees and other groups

The Human Rights Law Committee also coordinates the activities of the following subcommittees/working groups.

• Crimes Against Women Subcommittee
• Human Rights Law Committee Advisory Board