Human Rights Unit

The HRU is a sub-unit of the Pro Bono Centre at BPP Law School. Our goal is to promote human rights through events and internships with partner organisations!

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

Looking to support a great organisation over the summer? https://t.co/nGXmeWk0La

[APPEAL (Centre for Criminal Appeals) @APPEALcharity_]

We're recruiting a volunteer to help with our fundraising efforts over the summer! Details here: https://t.co/uWsB9Zj2tm

Please share!

@legalcheek @YLALawyers @LushLtd @CliveSSmith @LSEVolunteering @RainmakerFndn

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

Others fought hard for your human right to vote – don't forget to use that right today! Polls close at 10pm #LocalElections2018 #PollingDay

[Reprieve US @ReprieveUS]

“My only crime was being born black” - Anthony Ray Hinton, who spent 30 years on death row for a murder he didn’t commit. https://t.co/Jr2kZrTyxu

[The Bar Council @thebarcouncil]

"the CPS has lost a quarter of its budget and a third of its staff since austerity began, while in London prosecutors are given just one hour to review a case. In these circumstances, it is inevitable the guilty will go free." @NickCohen4 https://t.co/QqRIMe4vEC #Time4Justice

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

This looks like a great event! https://t.co/AgUJVaf3Dv

[Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales @BarHumanRights]

THIS WEEK: 25 April @ 17:00 BHRC is hosting #Colombian#HRD and #lawyer Luis Guillermo Perez for a round table discussion at @DoughtyStIntl in partnership with @PBIUK. Learn more and register your interest now.
https://t.co/NlKMH1kqoW

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

TONIGHT! Our discussion with @BIDdetention on #deportation is finally here! Last few tickets available-- come along to 68-70 Red Lion St at 6pm.
https://t.co/FWhDyS6nap

[BID @BIDdetention]

Looking forward to our event tomorrow with @HumanRightsUnit which couldn’t be more pertinent following everything that has been in the news. We have some spaces left, to register please visit: https://t.co/gkF6HunZl1.

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

We can’t wait for this timely discussion tomorrow! #WindrushScandal #Deportation https://t.co/6gCXRMjxsS

[BPP Social Impact @SocialImpactBPP]

London Holborn, tomorrow, 6pm: @HumanRightsUnit Deportation: A Permanent Exile

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

“It is an absolute disgrace that the Home Office has destroyed these documents and then forced Windrush-generation migrants to try and prove their status, threatening them with deportation and stripping them of their rights.” https://t.co/eSB9sB6dlD

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

@DavidLammy has called for us to have a "national day of shame" today for the way the @ukhomeoffice has deported and detained the #WindrushGeneration. Come along to our event on Thursday with @BIDdetention to hear about the #HostileEnvironment https://t.co/FWhDyS6nap

[EachOther @EachOtherUK]

Who decides if treatment is in the best interests of a terminally ill child? The Alfie Evans case is back in court this week https://t.co/bQk4U3HAEK

[Grenfell United @GrenfellUnited]

29 years ago today 96 children, women & men lost their lives at Hillsborough. Today we send our thoughts and prayers to our friends in Liverpool. We hold the highest respect for your fight to get justice for the 96. You spur us on to continue our fight. @HFSG_Official ❤💚 #JFT96

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

Powerful words from Philip Pullman. Want to know more about deportation and detention? Come to our panel with BID this Thursday, 6pm 68-70 Red Lion St. https://t.co/eA1TqLTQ3S

[Philip Pullman @PhilipPullman]

Expecting anyone to be able to provide at least one and preferably four pieces of documentary evidence that they were in the UK for every one of the past fifty years is grotesque, brutal, sadistic. I despise the people who run this country.

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

Big distinction between advice and position: https://t.co/UIoFLQecJP

[Adam Wagner KC @AdamWagner1]

Just heard BBC radio calling this government’s ‘legal advice’. It’s not. It’s a ‘legal position’ which means it is the government’s chosen justification for intervention. The full legal advice will be far more nuanced and may even advise against this route https://t.co/zOaNMaC9th

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

What’s legally justified? https://t.co/a2jiFGEykW

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

We had a great evening! Lots of feedback from students who were inspired and energised by tonight’s panel and the work of @BarHumanRights. https://t.co/qXjHZJ9XTM

[Kirsty Brimelow KC @Kirsty_Brimelow]

Thank you to all the students & barristers who came with their energy & support for the work of @BarHumanRights & to @HumanRightsUnit & to fantastic membership secretaries of our executive @GrainneMellon & Michael Ivers QC @gardencourtlaw #humanrights https://t.co/tkY2UvD64d

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

Interested in human rights? Want to hear from two brilliant human rights barristers @Kirsty_Brimelow and @GrainneMellon tonight? Come along to BPP Holborn (68-70 Red Lion St) at 6pm! Free and Open to all! https://t.co/VlLTkOnqK4 @rights_info @_PILUNIT @thebarcouncil

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

Interested in human rights? Want to hear from two brilliant human rights barristers @Kirsty_Brimelow and @GrainneMellon tonight? Come along to BPP Holborn (68-70 Red Lion St at 6pm! Free and Open to all! https://t.co/VlLTkOnqK4 @HonSocGraysInn @middletemple @TheInnerTemple https://t.co/HlTlPyfBn3

[Kirsty Brimelow KC @Kirsty_Brimelow]

Looking forward to speaking at this event TONIGHT with @HumanRightsUnit We have a huge number of RSVPs. I’m keen to harness the energy of the next generation of #humanrights lawyers. By coincidence my trial isn’t sitting today so I can be there.#MeantToBe https://t.co/A5oSVn5GJK

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

TONIGHT: Kirsty Brimelow QC on International Law with Wine Reception - https://t.co/IOTR7LkjNF

[Human Rights Unit @HumanRightsUnit]

Only two more days to go till this fantastic event with @BHRC! We're so excited to hear from @Kirsty_Brimelow and @GrainneMellon All welcome! @CityLawSchool @UniversityofLaw @HonSocGraysInn @TheInnerTemple @middletemple @LegalWeek @legalcheek https://t.co/0rLlwnNUjv

[Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales @BarHumanRights]

THIS WEEK: 12 April BHRC event at BPP Holborn w/ @HumanRightsUnit. A Conversation on Promoting International Human Rights Law. Join BHRC Chair @Kirsty_Brimelow & Members Secretary @GrainneMellon to discuss the work of BHRC & how to get involved. RSVP https://t.co/7OAhZDAXYR