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JEREMY MCBRIDE

LLB (Hons) (Birmingham) First Class, LLB (Cambridge) First Class
CALL DATE: 2004

SUMMARY

Jeremy was called to the Bar under the exceptional route for academics of experience and distinction and joined Chambers in 2006. He accepts instructions in the areas of Human Rights, International Law and Public Law. Jeremy's experience in applying human rights and international law has involved looking at problems from a wide range of perspectives, not only governmental and non-governmental but also those of supervisory bodies. This is likely to be of advantage to clients looking for practical solutions that can withstand close scrutiny.

His work has recently included:

  • acting for Georgia in Georgia v Russian Federation (EurCtHR 13255/07): fourth inter State case ever lodged before the European Court of Human Rights and the first before the permanent court
  • acting for the applicant in Georgiades v Cyprus (EurCtHR 59642/11): a challenge to the overturning of a defamation ruling brought in respect of prejudicial media coverage of a trial
  • acting for the applicant in Kvasnevskis v Latvia (EurCtHR 18489/11): a challenge to the requirement to belong to a political party in order to seek election to parliament
  • acting for the applicant in Nada v Switzerland (EurCtHR 19593/08): a challenge to implementation of UN blacklisting measures
  • acting for the applicant in Rywin v Poland (EurCtHr 6091/06, 4047/07 and 4070/07): a challenge to the fairness of a trial heard during contemporaneous parliamentary inquiry and inadequate medical treatment during imprisonment
  • acting for the applicant in Saxena v. Canada (UN HRCtee): a challenge to the breach of the specialty rule following extradition
  • advising a non-governmental organisation on the application of the European Convention on the Recognition of the Legal Personality of International Non-Governmental Organisations
  • advising the Council of Europe on the adoption of entirely new Codes of Criminal Procedure for Serbia and Ukraine and reforms to the Bulgarian Code of Criminal Procedure
  • advising the Council of Europe on justice sector reforms in Albania and Armenia
  • advising the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe on proposed changes to the law on non-commercial organisations in the Kyrgyz Republic
  • advising UNDP on the reform of the justice system in Belarus and Georgia

 

HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PUBLIC LAW

Human Rights

Recent work has included: 

  • acting for Georgia in Georgia v Russian Federation (EurCtHR 13255/07): fourth inter State case ever lodged before the European Court of Human Rights and the first before the permanent court
  • acting for the applicant in Georgiades v Cyprus (EurCtHR 59642/11): a challenge to the overturning of a defamation ruling brought in respect of prejudicial media coverage of a trial
  • acting for the applicant in Kvasnevsjis v Latvia (EurCtHR 18489/11): a challenge to the requirement to belong to a political party in order to seek election to parliament
  • acting for the applicant in Nada v Switzerland (EurCtHR 19593/08) challenge to implementation of UN blacklisting measures
  • acting for the applicant in Rywin v Poland (EurCtHr 6091/06, 4047/07 and 4070/07) challenge to fairness of a trial heard during contemporaneous parliamentary inquiry and inadequate medical treatment during imprisonment
  • acting for the applicant in Saxena v. Canada (UN HRCttee): a challenge to the breach of the specialty rule following extradition
  • advising the Council of Europe on the adoption of entirely new Codes of Criminal Procedure for Serbia and Ukraine and reforms to the Bulgarian Code of Criminal Procedure
  • advising the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe on proposed changes to the law on non-commercial organisations in the Kyrgyz Republic
  • advising the Council of Europe on the suitability of measures being proposed for execution of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights
  • advising the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government on a Human Rights Strategy for Kosovo
  • acting as scientific adviser on the preparation of recommendations on the use of remand in custody and on the legal status of non-governmental organisations adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
  • advising UNDP on the reform of the justice system in Belarus and Georgia

Jeremy is Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency. He is also co-ordinator of the Expert Council on NGO Law of the Council of Europe's Conference on INGOs, an alternate member of the International Law Association's Human Rights Law and Practice Committee and a co-founder and the Chair of INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights. He is the Editor of Butterworths Human Rights Cases and Consultant Editor, Commonwealth Human Rights Law Digest

 

International Law

Recent work has included: 

  • acting for Georgia in Georgia v Russian Federation (EurCtHR 13255/07): fourth inter State case ever lodged before the European Court of Human Rights and the first before the permanent court
  • acting for the applicant in Georgiades v Cyprus (EurCtHR 59642/11): a challenge to the overturning of a defamation ruling brought in respect of prejudicial media coverage of a trial
  • acting for the applicant in Kvasnevskis v Latvia (EurCtHR 18489/11): a challenge to the requirement to belong to a political party in order to seek election to parliament
  • acting for the applicant in Nada v Switzerland (EurCtHR 19593/08) challenge to implementation of UN blacklisting measures
  • acting for the applicant in Rywin v Poland (EurCtHr 6091/06, 4047/07 and 4070/07) challenge to the fairness of a trial heard during contemporaneous parliamentary inquiry
  • acting for the applicant in Saxena v. Canada (UN HRCtee): a challenge to the breach of the specialty rule following extradition
  • advising a non-governmental organisation on the application of the European Convention on the Recognition of the Legal Personality of International Non-Governmental Organisations
  • advising the Council of Europe on the adoption of entirely new Codes of Criminal Procedure for Serbia and Ukraine and reforms to the Bulgarian Code of Criminal Procedure
  • advising the Council of Europe on the suitability of measures being proposed for execution of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights
  • acting as scientific adviser on the preparation of recommendations on the use of remand in custody and on the legal status of non-governmental organisations to be adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Jeremy is an alternate member of the International Law Association's Human Rights Law and Practice Committee and a co-founder and the Chair of INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights.

 

Public Law

Recent work has included: 

  • acting for Georgia in Georgia v Russian Federation (EurCtHR 13255/07): fourth inter State case ever lodged before the European Court of Human Rights and the first before the permanent court
  • acting for the applicant in Georgiades v Cyprus (EurCtHR 59642/11): a challenge to the overturning of a defamation ruling brought in respect of prejudicial media coverage of a trial
  • acting for the applicant in Kvasnevsjis v Latvia (EurCtHR 18489/11): a challenge to the requirement to belong to a political party in order to seek election to parliament
  • acting for the applicant in Nada v Switzerland (EurCtHR 19593/08) challenge to implementation of UN blacklisting measures
  • acting for the applicant in Rywin v Poland (EurCtHr 6091/06, 4047/07 and 4070/07) challenge to the fairness of a trial heard during contemporaneous parliamentary inquiry
  • advising the Council of Europe on the suitability of measures being proposed for execution of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights
  • advising the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government on a Human Rights Strategy for Kosovo
  • acting as scientific adviser on the preparation of recommendations on the use of remand in custody and on the legal status of non-governmental organisations to be adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
  • advising the Council of Europe on justice sector reforms in Albania and Armenia
  • advising UNDP on the reform of the justice system in Belarus and Georgia

Jeremy is Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency. He is also co-ordinator of the Expert Council on NGO Law of the Council of Europe's Conference on INGOs and a co-founder and the Chair of INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights. He is the Editor of Butterworths Human Rights Cases and Consultant Editor, Commonwealth Human Rights Law Digest

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Jeremy read law at the University of Birmingham and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he obtained first class honours degrees. He also studied at the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg and obtained its Diploma in the International and Comparative Law of Human Rights.

He subsequently became a Research Fellow at Fitzwilliam College and then taught at the University of

Birmingham, becoming Reader in International Human Rights Law. He has a Visiting Professorship at the Central European University in Budapest, he teaches on the Human Rights Masters Programme at the University of Oxford and has an Honorary Senior Research Fellowship at the University of Birmingham.

Jeremy combined his academic work with extensive advisory work for governments, non-governmental organizations and intergovernmental organizations on Human Rights, International Law and Public Law.

In particular:

  • He advised the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the compatibility of specific legislation in various countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia with international human rights standards.
  • He undertook more general compatibility studies on law and practice for the Council of Europe and certain governments as part of the process of ratifying human rights treaties.
  • He acted as a consultant to the Law Commission for its report, Damages under the Human Rights Act 1998 (Law Com No 180), as Senior International (UNDP) Consultant to the National Human Rights Office of Latvia (1996-98) and as scientific expert for the Council of Europe in the elaboration of new human rights instruments.
  • He contributed to all the opinions adopted by the European Union's Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights, as well as the synthesis and thematic reports which it has produced. In addition he prepared the annual reports for the Network with respect to the United Kingdom.

Jeremy has also trained many lawyers and judges in Central and Eastern Europe in the practical application of international human rights law. He was also a member of the team that prepared judges in England and Wales for the entry into force of the Human Rights Act 1998 and, at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Jeremy has provided training in international human rights law for Indonesian Supreme Court judges.

Jeremy was the British member of the European Union's former Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights and is now a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency. He is also co-ordinator of the Expert Council on NGO Law of the Council of Europe's Conference on INGOs, a member of the International Law Association's Human Rights Law and Practice Committee and a co-founder and the chair of INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights.

Publications and Conferences

Jeremy has published widely on Human Rights and Public Law. He is the Editor of Butterworths Human Rights Cases and Consultant Editor, Commonwealth Human Rights Law Digest and he was Assistant Editor of the Civil Justice Quarterly (1982-2002).

Recent publications include:

  • The Training Needs of Ukrainian Judges and Lawyers with regard to the European Convention on Human Rights, (DG-HL(2011)13), (Council of Europe, 2011), pp 1-39
  • 'Applying the European Convention on Human Rights in Conflict Zones: Relevance and Responsibility' in Georgian Constitutional Court, Constitutional Guarantees in Conflict Zones (2009) 1 Constitutional Law Review 18-40
  • Human rights and criminal procedure The case law of the European Court of Human Rights (Council of Europe, 2009), (also editions in Armenian, Moldovan, Russian Serbian and Ukrainian)
  • The specificity and added value of the acquis of the Council of Europe treaty law, (AS/Jur (2009) 40), (Council of Europe, 2009), pp 1-35
  • Access to Justice for Migrants and Asylum-Seekers in Europe, (Council of Europe, 2009)
  • The Institutions and Terms of Turkish Criminal Proceedings in light of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (with S Cengiz et al) (Union of Turkish Bars, 2008) (in Turkish)
  • 'Freedom of Association in the European Union 2007-2010' in Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (ed), Mediterranean Human Rights Network (ed), Freedom of Association in the Euro-Mediterranean Region 2010 ((Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, 2010), 78-87
  • 'Discrimination: A Comparative Introduction' in S Roos, C Steiner & N Ademovic, Commentary on the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2010), 467-484
  • 'Evaluation of Supposed Obstacles to an Effective Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights by National Courts' in Council of Europe, The role of Supreme Courts in the domestic implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights, (Council of Europe, 2008), pp 91-106
  • Irregular Migrants and the European Convention on Human Rights - Expert Study (AS/Mig/Inf (2005) 21)
  • 'NGO Rights and Their Protection under International Human Rights Law' in J-F Flauss (ed), International Human Rights Law and non-governmental organisations,, (Bruylant, 2005)
  • A Burkov, A Demedeva, and J McBride (eds), The Right to Liberty and Security of the Person: European Standards and Russian Practice (Sutyajnik, 2005), pp 7-35 (in Russian)
  • 'Compensation and Restitution for Property Interferences in Post-Communist Europe', (2004) 2 Bulgarian
  • Human Rights Journal 6-61 (in Bulgarian) (a revised version was published in Serbian in (2004) 2Hereticus 7-36)
  • Study on the Principles Governing the Application of the European Convention on Human Rights during Armed
  • Conflict and Internal Disturbances and Tensions, (DH-DEV (2003) 001, Council of Europe, 2003)
  • 'Commonwealth Practice on Compensation for Rights Violations' in M Anderson and M Happold (eds), Constitutional Human Rights in the Commonwealth, (BIICL, 2003), 175-188
  • 'Autonomy of will and religious freedom' in J-F Flauss (ed) International Protection of Religious Freedom
  • (Bruylant, 2002), 93-129
  • 'Protecting fundamental rights in Europe: a legal analysis' in A Arnull and D Wincott (eds), Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union, (Oxford U P, 2002), 259-273