Women have the right to live free from violence and discrimination; to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; to be educated; to own property; to vote; and to earn an equal wage.
René Cassin
We are a charity working to promote and protect universal human rights, drawing on Jewish experience and values.
“The loss of the Charter will be felt in the years to come”– Our human rights protections after Brexit
Let’s work to hold on to the benefits of Human Rights Act and European Convention
Immigration detention is putting asylum seekers in the UK at risk of suicide and self-harm
By Reanna Smith Immigration detention is putting asylum seekers in the UK at risk of suicide and self-harm. Two years...
MARVEL(lous) Jewish Human Rights Heroes
By Mia Hasenson-Gross, Executive Director, René Cassin According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the definition of a...
Human rights at risk in the UK government’s planned overhaul of the asylum system
by Reanna Smith The UK government has recently promised to make big changes to the UK’s asylum and immigration system,...
The Disability Crisis – waiting on the next big fix in social care
By Mitchell Woolf NOTE: this article is a summary of a webinar Mitchell gave on 7 October 2020 as part of the René...
“Home Office Policy For Deporting Migrants Ruled Unlawful”
By Miranda Zeffman On October 20th, the Court of Appeal ruled that a Home Office policy giving migrants just 72 hours’...
The Modern Day Babel Fable
By Dr. Sheldon Stone, René Cassin Fellow and Campaign Associate, Advisory Group to STOPUYGHURGENOCIDE, World Uyghur...
Standing Together Against the Pandemic of Hate
By Minnie Wiggins, René Cassin intern This year’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week (10-17 October) seeks to bring...
Chained Women: Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery of Jewish Women in the 20th Century
By Lesley Urbach, René Cassin Fellow At the end of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century Jewish European...
Forced labour in Channel Islands during WWII – it happened then, and it is happening now
By Claudia Hyde, René Cassin alumni “Remember that you were once slaves in the land of Egypt” Deuteronomy 15:15...
Women’s Environmental Leadership – how a human rights approach can help people and the planet
By Eva Rehse and Sandy McClure, Global Greengrants Fund UK We need to act now to protect our planet, which is facing...