by Rene Cassin | Oct 29, 2018 | Latest, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment
By Elliot Steinberg When I sat down to write this blog post, I was feeling drained after a long day at work and, to be honest, not very motivated to write a blog on the difficult issue of Modern Slavery. Opening my laptop and clicking onto the BBC news website as I...
by Rene Cassin | Oct 22, 2018 | Sessions
Fellow Lauren Chaplin reflect on the programme’s 6th session: Parliamentary Lobbying and Campaigning Seatbelts. Those ubiquitous details of the commute, the school run, the long drive to see family. We use them every day – but it wasn’t always that way....
by Rene Cassin | Oct 16, 2018 | Latest, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment
Slavery and trafficking are unavoidably connected to Jewish experience. As stated by the Chief Rabbi, “speaking out against the flagrant violations of human dignity implicit in this crime, should be in our [the Jewish community’s] DNA”. .@chiefrabbi : We must all...
by Rene Cassin | Oct 9, 2018 | Latest, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment
This evening, there will be a Westminster Hall debate on Tackling Modern Slavery in Parliament 6.30-7.30pm. The event will be streamed live here. In advance of the debate, please email your own MP to ask them to participate. Please also download and attach our...
by Rene Cassin | Sep 25, 2018 | Latest, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment
René Cassin recently submitted evidence to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry, looking at what progress has been made in the three years since the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) came into force and what more remains to be done. In the submission, René Cassin examined the...
