by Rene Cassin | Jan 22, 2019 | 2019 Cohort, 2019 Fellows, Education, Fellowship Programme, Latest, René Cassin Fellowship Programme
We are excited to welcome our new Cohort of Fellows, read all about them here.
by Rene Cassin | Jan 21, 2019 | Latest, Stop the hostile environment
Two Bristol students discuss the successful campaign for Bristol City Council to pass a These Walls Must Fall motion. Image courtesy of Anjum Nahar Imagine this – you’re locked up, and you don’t know your release date. No one will tell you, because most of the time,...
by Rene Cassin | Jan 14, 2019 | Latest, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment
Despite the PM stating that modern slavery is the “greatest human rights issue of our time”, victims are going hungry. In a recent interview on LBC radio, Senior Reporter Matthew Thompson heard from one such victim who, after managing to escape, is now...
by Rene Cassin | Jan 8, 2019 | Latest, Work Experience
Two student from JFS, Georgie and David, have created a wonderful short podcast outlining a brief history of human rights in UK. Georgie and David both completed work experience placements at René Cassin in summer 2018, where they drafted human rights-related sessions...
by Rene Cassin | Dec 13, 2018 | Latest
By Baruch Solomon This week we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Seventy years is a long time however, and few of us will have heard of Peng Chun Chang, a distinguished Chinese dramatist, diplomat and humanitarian....
