by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Dec 31, 2020 | Blogs, Latest, Protecting Human Rights in the UK
By Debora Singer, René Cassin volunteer When the UK left the European Union at 11pm on 31 December 2020, we lost one set of important human rights protections. This is because the UK will no longer have any obligations under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Dec 21, 2020 | Asylum and Detention, Blogs, Latest
By Reanna Smith Immigration detention is putting asylum seekers in the UK at risk of suicide and self-harm. Two years ago, the Guardian revealed that there was an average of two suicide attempts every day at immigration detention centres across the UK. They obtained...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Dec 10, 2020 | Blogs, Latest
By Mia Hasenson-Gross, Executive Director, René Cassin According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the definition of a superhero is ‘a character in a film or story who has special strengths and uses them to do good things and help other people’. Collins Dictionary’s...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Nov 12, 2020 | Asylum and Detention, Blogs, Latest
by Reanna Smith The UK government has recently promised to make big changes to the UK’s asylum and immigration system, following an increasing number of refugee arrivals via small boat crossings this summer. The Conservative government’s anti-immigration stance isn’t...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Nov 10, 2020 | Blogs, Latest
By Mitchell Woolf NOTE: this article is a summary of a webinar Mitchell gave on 7 October 2020 as part of the René Cassin Hummus and Human Rights Speakers Series November 8th marked the 25th anniversary of the passing of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.[1] The...
