by Rene Cassin | Oct 9, 2019 | Events, Latest, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment
**Sign up for our free training workshops on modern slavery and homelessness here** Described by Theresa May as the “great human rights issue of our time” there are an estimated 136,000 victims of modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK. There are also at least...
by Rene Cassin | Oct 8, 2019 | Latest
This year’s Human Rights Shabbat is on the 7th and 8th of December, events can happen over that Shabbat and in the week leading up to it. Human Rights Shabbat is held every year on the anniversary of the ratification of the universal declaration of human rights...
by Rene Cassin | Sep 25, 2019 | Blogs, Latest, Slavery and Trafficking, Stop the hostile environment
By Alice Zhao InternAlice Zhao Modern day slavery, otherwise known as simply “slavery”, is still not discussed enough, despite becoming somewhat more prominent in the public consciousness (see, for example, Coronation Street or Princess Eugenie’s Anti-Slavery...
by Rene Cassin | Sep 24, 2019 | 'Human writes', Latest
“Social media: friend or foe of human rights?” Every year René Cassin runs a ‘Human Writes’ essay competition to get people thinking about important human rights issues. Social media provides activists with a platform for mobilisation, and holding public officials to...
by Rene Cassin | Sep 16, 2019 | Latest, Work Experience
By Sarah Kass Work Experience Student Sarah Kass I first heard about René Cassin after my sister wrote a paper for the charity earlier this year. I was immediately intrigued when I heard how René Cassin takes the experiences of our history as Jews, and uses this as a...
