by Rene Cassin | Nov 23, 2016 | Asylum and Detention, Blogs, Stop the hostile environment, Women's Rights
‘An ongoing theme arising from interviews with detained women was that they felt that they had lost their humanity’ Hannah Swirsky writes about how immigration detention affects women and looks at what Jewish teaching can tell us about how to respond....
by Rene Cassin | Nov 21, 2016 | Asylum and Detention, Blogs, Stop the hostile environment
This article is published as part of ‘Unlocking Detention’ – an annual ‘virtual’ tour of the UK’s detention estate, which aims to shine a spotlight on one of the gravest civil liberties issues in Britain today. Michael Goldin is an alumni of the René Cassin...
by Rene Cassin | Nov 18, 2016 | Education, Events, Latest, News, Resources, Slavery and Trafficking
Below you can find all the resources for this year’s Human Rights Shabbat (2016). We hope the resource pack helps you celebrate World Human Rights day and shines a spotlight onto modern day slavery. Hard copies are on their way to all the record breaking amount...
by Rene Cassin | Nov 2, 2016 | Blogs, Equal Rights for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, Latest
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) children are significantly overrepresented in the youth criminal justice system. However, the failure to record GRT children in ethnic monitoring processes means that there is no official data on this. Indeed, the lack of data means...
by Rene Cassin | Oct 17, 2016 | Blogs, Latest, News, Slavery and Trafficking
Ruby is celebrating her Bat Mitzvah later this year. Inspired by the Torah portion she will be reading in Synagogue she is generously raising money and awareness on the issue of modern day slavery. Have a read of what inspired Ruby to do this below. If you are...
