by Rene Cassin | Nov 12, 2015 | Asylum and Detention, Latest, Resources
The Immigration Bill is currently at committee stage in Parliament. There are many policy entry points within this bill and you can find a briefing on the Bill here. The Bill represents an opportunity to end the indefinite detention of vulnerable people. We’ve...
by Rene Cassin | Nov 11, 2015 | Equal Rights for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, Latest
The Government recently published the Housing and Planning Bill which contains measures that will remove the duty on local authorities to assess the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers for the purposes of planning for Traveller sites. The move will...
by Rene Cassin | Nov 9, 2015 | Asylum and Detention, Education, Latest
We spent Shabbat at Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue and gave the sermon on immigration detention. Click below to find out what the Torah portion ‘Chaye Sarah’ has to do with indefinite detention. D’var Torah – Modern Day...
by Rene Cassin | Oct 30, 2015 | Asylum and Detention, Equal Rights for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, Latest, Slavery and Trafficking
In the most comprehensive review ever carried out on progress towards greater equality and human rights protection in Britain, The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) today reveals ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ over the past five years. Jewish human rights charity...
by Rene Cassin | Oct 7, 2015 | Latest, Press releases and statements
René Cassin was deeply concerned by the rhetoric and proposed plans set forward in the Home Secretary’s speech. The Home Secretary’s speech demonstrated a wilful ignorance of international law regarding refugees and peddled harmful and false myths about the...
