Research and Events
Research
Rhys Davies and Ben Keith instructed to represent the longest serving American in a foreign jail accused of a white-collar crime
14 October 2021
Rhys Davies and Ben Keith have been instructed to represent Zack Shahin in submissions to the US State Department and to the United Nations. Mr Shahin, 57, is the longest serving American in a foreign jail accused of a white-collar crime.
Rhys and Ben have been instructed to lead the legal efforts for his release, including submissions under the US Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, and submissions to the Special Procedures mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Ben Keith and Rhys Davies instructed to represent a victim of torture at the hands of Ugandan authorities
1 August 2021
Ben Keith and Rhys Davies have been instructed to represent Dr Acléo Kalinga, a Rwandan refugee who was kidnapped, detained and tortured in Uganda between 2005 - 2009 and subsequently experienced persecution for seeking redress. Ben and Rhys will lead on bringing a Complaint to the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, calling on the international community to denounce a series of gross human rights violations against Dr Kalinga by Ugandan authorities. The pending Complaint was first submitted on behalf of Dr Kalinga by REDRESS and other human rights organisations in 2009.
Events
China and Interpol: A new age of transnational repression
China and Interpol: A new age of transnational repression
China is abusing the Interpol Red Notice system to silence dissent and opposition all over the world. How can this be stopped?
Repressive regimes are using the Interpol Red Notice system to expand their repression beyond their national borders. China is one of the states that most blatantly abuses this system to silence dissent and opposition against the government anywhere in the world. Why has this been allowed to happen and what can be done to reign in this transnational repression?
Fact-Finding Report into the Treatment of British Women in the United Arab Emirates
This Report sets out the conclusions of a cross-party Fact-Finding Panel of British parliamentarians who have been assembled to consider rights of British women in the United Arab Emirates and whether or not they are adequately protected.
UAE and Interpol: Maj. Gen. Ahmed Naser al-Raisi is not qualified to be the President of Interpol
Side event to the 48th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Fact-Finding Panel Concerning the Treatment of British Women in the UAE: Open Evidence Session
Open Evidence Session chaired in person by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC with Sir Peter Bottomley MP and Debbie Abrahams MP attending remotely. Counsel to the panel, Rhys Davies and Ben Keith called oral evidence from witnesses as part of the Panel’s investigation into the treatment of British women in the UAE.
Undue Influence: The UAE and Interpol Report Launch
Launch event for report prepared by Sir David Calvert-Smith, assisted by Rhys Davies and Ben Keith, on the UAE's influence over Interpol.