“The levers to prevent genocide are manifold. It is about time we pull them”
“Why is genocide still happening, and what can we do to stop it?” – essay competition result
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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
Why is genocide still happening, and what can we do to stop it? – ‘Human Writes’ essay competition
Judged by Lord Finkelstein. £100 prize. Deadline 9 November.
“Social media: friend or foe of human rights?” – winner of René Cassin ‘Human Writes’ essay competition announced
“… social media has an enormous potential for organising, inspiring and igniting political protest. However, authoritarian regimes have now begun to harness this potential in order to violate human rights.” Read Claudia Hyde’s winning essay in full.
René Cassin’s 2019 ‘Human Writes’ Essay Competition now open!
“Social media: friend or foe of human rights?” – deadline 11 November 2019
Winner announced in René Cassin ‘Human Writes’ essay competition
Joshua Rozenberg finds winning essay “… a convincing thesis and a pleasure to read”.
René Cassin ‘Human Writes’ essay competition now open!
Deadline Tuesday 8 May
Modern Slavery – ‘Human Writes’ Essay Competition now open!
***deadline – 6 Feb*** “The great human rights issue of our time”. Do you agree?
The René Cassin ‘Human Writes’ 2015 Essay Competition – results
We asked ‘Religion and human rights – compatible or conflicting?’ Danny Finkelstein, Associate Editor of The Times judged the shortlisted entries. His verdict: “These were all very good essays, a credit to their writers and to the prize.
Read the winning and shortlisted essays and what Danny says about them.
The René Cassin ‘Human Writes’ Essay Competition
"Religion and human rights - compatible or conflicting?" Every year René Cassin runs an essay competition to get...