Responsibility of States to Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims
The Bar Human Rights Committee launched a high-level Briefing Paper on the Responsibility of States under International Law to the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims, co-authored by Aarif Abraham, a member of Garden Court North’s International Team, together with other leading human rights barristers.
State Responsibility for Genocide: 25 Years After Srebrenica
Text of my speech delivered at the Geoffrey Nice Foundation Master Class in commemoration of the 25 years anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina. The speech highlights that for the prohibition on genocide to have any meaning at all – not least for victims and survivors of rights’ violations or crimes – humanity must act in concert, through their State representatives, to ensure rights are interpreted, applied and fulfilled without reservation.