Bill Bowring
Prof Bill Bowring is a Barrister and Professor of Law, Birkbeck, University of London and founder and first Director of the Human Rights & Social Justice Institute. He is now chair of the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC). He acts as an expert on a regular basis for the Council of Europe and other international organisations on issues concerning human rights, minority rights, and rights to education.[1] He has many publications in English and in Russian on problems of law reform and human rights, as well as international law.[2]
Prof Bowring is an Executive Committee member of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, a member of the Council of LIBERTY (the National Council for Civil Liberties), a trustee of REDRESS (reparation and compensation for victims of torture) and a member of the Rule of Law Council of the International Helsinki Federation.[3]
Affiliations
- Member, advisory board of EU-Russia Centre
- Founder, Research Institute for Human Rights and Social Justice
- Chair, European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC)
- European expert (former), European Union Policy Advice Programme project "The Development of a System of Administrative Justice in Russia"
- Expert, Council of Europe - along with other international organisations on issues concerning human rights, minority rights, and rights to education[4]
- British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom - Supporter[5]
Resources
- EU-Russia Centre, Advisory Board, accessed 21 January 2009.
- London Metropolitan University, Bill Bowring, accessed 21 January 2009.
Notes
- ↑ EU-Russia Centre, Advisory Board, accessed 21 January 2009.
- ↑ London Metropolitan University, Bill Bowring, accessed 21 January 2009.
- ↑ London Metropolitan University, Bill Bowring, accessed 21 January 2009.
- ↑ London Metropolitan University, Bill Bowring, accessed 21 January 2009.
- ↑ BPCIF, "1300 British Lawyers Call for Removal of Unjust Terror Tag from Iranian Mojahedin", British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, November 2005, accessed on 21 December 2010
