By Melanie Goldberg, René Cassin intern “There was not a single safe place in Ukraine…Everyone was afraid and...
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‘Enemy Aliens’ – Really?
By Izzy Arkus, age 17, René Cassin Ambassador Programme 2022 Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
Refugee Week Guest Blog: The Latin American Women’s Rights Service
Photo Credit: LAWRS This guest blog was written by The Latin American Women's Rights Service for Refugee Week 2022....
From rescue to resilience: It’s time to reimagine anti-slavery work
Jess Templeman, Director of Programmes at Arise For most people ‘slavery’ is a historic problem, or something limited...
The importance of the Mizrahi Jewish experience of persecution and asylum
By Jack Walton, René Cassin intern "Telling the history of the Jewish populations from the Middle East and North...
The EU must accept responsibility for the use of violence towards refugees and asylum seekers at Europe’s borders
Recent reporting from numerous NGOs and activist groups has revealed the systematic use of violence against migrants...
Active Remembering: Urgent Significance of Offshore Detention of Jewish Refugees
By Stav Salpeter, Ambassador, René Cassin The Home Office caused an uproar when it announced its plans to reinstate a...
The New Plan for Immigration: what is it and why is it so harmful?
By Michael Goldin, immigration lawyer and René Cassin detention volunteers group coordinator Earlier this year the...
Life in Wire: Jewish Women and the British Detention System
By Edie Martin, Intern, René Cassin The view of Port Erin, drawn by a male internee on the Isle of Man for the Onchan...
What Uyghur Women face and what you can do to help stop it
By Evie Cawte, René Cassin Ambassador Since the beginning of time, the female experience has always been different;...
The Jewish case against immigration detention is a Jewish voice for women’s liberation
By Esther Raffell, René Cassin' Campaigns Officer International Women’s Day is a day of joy, affirmation, and...
URGENT ACTION: Is Genocide acceptable to you?
By Ruth Barnett "If you find genocide inflicted on peoples far away from here does not matter - then don't...