Bill Bowring

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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]

Resources

Notes

  1. EU-Russia Centre, Advisory Board, accessed 21 January 2009.
  2. London Metropolitan University, Bill Bowring, accessed 21 January 2009.
  3. London Metropolitan University, Bill Bowring, accessed 21 January 2009.
  4. London Metropolitan University, Bill Bowring, accessed 21 January 2009.