We will be repeating these sessions on the 8th and 15th November in 2016. email sam.grant@renecassin.org for more information
In the light of the biggest movement of refugees since the Second World War René Cassin has been inundated with requests from people seeking to understand how the UK asylum system works and how they can help those trying to navigate it.
As a result we have teamed up with Right to Remain to put on two sessions that will answer those two questions.
If you are a lawyer, law student, involved in the legal profession or just generally interested in how the asylum system works in theory and also in practice then don’t hesitate to book your place at the workshops. Places are limited and you can find all the relevant information on the flyer below.
http://renecassin.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Right-to-Remain-Flyer.pdf
You can download the flyer here.
Today, 10th December, is International Human Rights Day – the 76th anniversary of the signing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
The Declaration was a reaction to the horrors of the Holocaust. So, for Jews, today has a particuar significance.
Although rooted in response to atrocity, the Declaration was forward-looking and optimistic. It spoke for the majority of people who knew a better world was possible. The fact that it’s co-author , the French-Jewish lawyer Monsieur Rene Cassin, could draft such a hopeful document so soon after 26 members of his family were murdered by the Nazis is a testament to his humanity and the power of human rights in general.
Today, as the organisation that works in Cassin’s name, we are determined to ensure his Declaration’s vision of human rights for all is fully realised. Central to that work is a focus on so called ‘socio-economic rights’ – rights to everyday essentials like food, housing and health. This vision was best articulated in Article 25 of the Declaration:
‘Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control’.
Bolstering these rights would ensure everybody has access to the foundations on which to build a dignified, prosperous and meaningful life. They have been neglected for too long.
