René Cassin virtual roundtable, 20 May 2020 with Rebecca Hilsenrath, CEO, Equality and Human Rights Commission chaired...
‘Safeguarding UK’s human rights law – partnership or challenge?’
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René Cassin
We are a charity working to promote and protect universal human rights, drawing on Jewish experience and values.
Europe Convention on Human Rights: stay signed in.
Debora Singer MBE
My mother fled the Holocaust to the UK as a kid – refugee children today deserve better.
Debora Singer MBE
Simple Acts of Compassion: Then and Now.
Debora Singer MBE
Jewish human rights charity protests about European Convention exit threat by Tories.
85th anniversary of the Kindertransport. I owe my life to Nicholas Winton. Today I’ll be thinking of him.
Daniel Silverstone
When a photo of our mother was featured in a BBC podcast and a newspaper article, my sister and I didn’t expect it to be circulated around the world, bringing
intriguing repercussions.
Debora Singer
As she explains here, her own family history of many relatives fleeing persecution, with varying degrees of success and tragedy, informs her
current work with human rights charity René Cassin.
Debora Singer
UK Jewish human rights charity appoints new chair of trustees
Michelle Rosenberg
Free workshops – What has the Human Rights Act got to do with us?
Discover how our human rights safety net can help ordinary people in their everyday lives – in our interactive workshop series
Lock-down focuses our human rights glasses
By Student Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber The glasses we usually associate with Pesach contain wine. But I think glasses...
stay Hopeful, stay Helpful, stay Human
Coronavirus statement from Mia, René Cassin’s Executive Director
The UK’s Human Rights Act (1998) and why it needs protecting
by Debora Singer, Updated April 2020 History of the Human Rights Act In 1948 theUnited Nations published the...
Make Your Vote a Vote for Human Rights
With just over a week left until polling day, we have been thinking about what the future holds for human rights in...
Vote for Human Rights!
Key questions to put to anyone asking for your vote on 12 December
The UK and the Rule of Law: a crisis of national identity?
René Cassin roundtable discussion, held under the Chatham House Rule. Thursday 31 October 2019 at Matrix Chambers, London. Keynote speaker Professor Philippe Sands QC.
Why is the Human Rights Act important for disabled people?
By Simone Aspis Increasingly, the government is enacting legislation and policies that have the potential to treat...
Universal Human Rights – founded on Jewish experience, inspired by Jewish values
Event with Prof Francesca Klug – Tues 10 Sep, 7pm – book your free tickets
The Rule of Law and Socio-Economic Justice
Professor Geraldine van Bueren argues for a new approach
Renewed Uncertainty on Future of Human Rights Act
Sidney and Edith’s story Sidney and Edith have been married for 60 years. When Edith is allocated to a different...