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 SAM MOODEY All on the SIHRG committee are devastated to announce the sudden death of our youngest committee member Sam Moodey who died suddenly in October 2018 of a heart attack whilst running. He was passionate about human rights and is a great loss to SIHRG and the solicitors' profession. His family have set up a fund in Sam's name, to support a project where he interned for nine months, involving local Christian lawyers working with disadvantaged prisoners in Kenya. Click HERE for donations.  SIHRG provided training on UK domestic violence law and practice to Russian lawyers 4th to 5th December 2018. Click HERE for report Marc Willers QC - Joint Head of Garden Court Chambers ‘Prejudice against Gypsies and Travellers: the last acceptable form of racism'. Wednesday 17th October 2018 at 6pm The University of Law, SIHRG successfully completed a 9 month long juvenile justice project ending March 2018 in the Republic of Belarus involving 11 seminars and the publication of a Guide to national and international juvenile justice law. Click HERE for report. Recent activities:
Last event: Date: THURSDAY 19th APRIL 2018 Time: 6.15pm for 6.30pm start Venue: Room RG05 University of Law, 14 Store Street, London WC1E 7D Challenging Oil Production: A call to action. Melinda Janki, an international lawyer, will discuss legal and environmental issues around the proposed oil production in Guyana, a small South American nation and former British colony. She will discuss the potential impact on the Caribbean and the rest of the world through climate change and biodiversity loss. She will also touch on recent litigation challenging the proposed oil production in Guyana.  Last events: Wednesday 6th December 2017 University of Law Bloomsbury London 6.00pm How Can Lawyers Defend Media Freedom in the World? Rebecca Vincent UK Bureau Director of Reporters Without Borders will provide a world overview with examples of the
restrictions and challenges going on world wide. See our link opposite to numerous reports from RSF. She will be followed by lawyer Ayse Bingol of Media Defence Initiative as to the possible difference active
lawyers could make to challenge the pressures.The new committee of SIHRG has been elected as follows:
A rule change ensuring only solicitors serve on the committee and that para-legals and students may only serve if co-opted has been carried without a vote against. Also, no two or more committee members may have a strong involvement in the same firm or NGO/interest group. Recent events: see archives.  SIHRG has a comprehensive suite of online Guides to international human rights
law. CLICK HERE to access the Guides, now for free. ********************************************************* | UN Wire latest: 16th January 2019 : CLICK HERE (earlier editions also) UN Civil Society Update 16th January 2019 ALL MEMBERS CAN SUBMIT NEW IDEAS FOR PROJECTS ONLINE......................Click here
Alastair Logan OBE Chair of SIHRG delivered a summary of the Guildford Four case and law reform in this broadcast created at the request of Citizens Watch St Petersburg and promoted on their Russian website. SIHRG has successfully completed a training project on child rights and juvenile justice in Belarus 2017-2018 The
Group was commissioned by the FCO to spearhead seminars with
judges and lawyers in best practice in juvenile justice. We are
co-operating with Nottingham Trent University, London South Bank
University, practising family law experts, our own members with defence
law experience and the British Embassy in Minsk. Additionally we were
responsible for the editing and production of the first written guide to
juvenile justice in Belarus. Click HERE for report. For non-lawyer activists we have published a "Straightforward Guide for Criminal Trial Observers". We are prepared to publish editions adapted to any country and to permit the Guide's translation to any language. Just contact us via the contacts page  |
