New appointments at BIHR
The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has announced the appointment of Professor Francesca Klug OBE as the new chair of the board, and the appointment of Sir Nicolas Bratza as its new president.
Professor Krug, professorial research fellow at the London School of Economics and director of the Human Rights Futures Project, takes over as chair of the BIHR Trustee Board from NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC. She is joined on BIHR’s Board by new vice chair Jane Gordon, an independent human rights lawyer, plus new board member Stephen Pittam, recently retired secretary of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. Sir Nicolas, renowned British lawyer and former president of the European Court of Human Rights, succeeds Sir Stephen Sedley, as BIHR’s new president.
