by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Oct 16, 2020 | Blogs, Latest, News
By Minnie Wiggins, René Cassin intern This year’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week (10-17 October) seeks to bring people together to stand in solidarity against all forms of hate. As opposed to other years, this year’s Awareness-raising week, dedicated to stamping...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Oct 2, 2020 | Latest, Press releases and statements
Today marks twenty years since the Human Rights Act came into force in the UK. For two decades fundamental rights and freedoms have been preserved and promoted in British law. Freedom, justice and peace are all built on human rights. The Human Rights...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Sep 22, 2020 | Events, Genocide, Latest
‘How can Jewish experience and principles inform the prevention of genocide today?’ Update 2 December 2020: Human Rights Shabbat Resource Pack now available Over the past few months, the Jewish community and the world have been moved and troubled by issues of...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Sep 15, 2020 | Blogs, Latest, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment, Women's Rights
By Lesley Urbach, René Cassin Fellow At the end of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century Jewish European women were trafficked across international borders to be sold into sex slavery. Today, this would fall under the banner of human trafficking. Poverty...
by Mia Hasenson-Gross | Aug 21, 2020 | Blogs, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment
By Claudia Hyde, René Cassin alumni “Remember that you were once slaves in the land of Egypt” Deuteronomy 15:15 Slavery is central to the Jewish experience. We speak on Pesach of our ancestors, enslaved in the land of Egypt. In fifteenth-century Spain, Jews attempting...
