Written by Shamus McPhee, Chairperson of RAJPOT (www.rajpot.org.uk) The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 is:...
‘Standing together’ or ‘a race apart’?
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René Cassin
We are a charity working to promote and protect universal human rights, drawing on Jewish experience and values.
Meet the 2020 Cohort of René Cassin AJA Fellows
Meet the 2020 fellows and read their bios here
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...
China’s Xinjiang camps are eerily familiar
Policy is “designed to wipe the Uyghurs off the face of the earth”
The Uyghur Crisis – briefing paper (January 2020)
It is estimated that close to two million Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities are being detained indefinitely in ‘re-education’ camps in China’s western Xinjiang Region, where they are forced to deny their religion and culture as ‘backwards and dangerous.
Holocaust Memorial Day – standing together to say ‘Never again!’
China must stop its brutal repression of Uyghur Muslims
Standing Together Against Hate
With the dramatic rise in hate crime, now is the time to stand together
“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.
Passionate about human rights? You could be our new trustee!
Are you a talented and strategic individual who is committed to the protection of human rights? Do you want to join a...
Don’t Forget the Photos!
Photographic exhibition of Nazi persecution of German Sinti and Roma families. Muswell Hill Synogogue, N10 1ND. From Sunday 19 to Sunday 26 January 2020
Intern-al Reflections
Alice Akca reflects on her internship at René Cassin at th end of 2019, and looks outlines her hopes for the organisation in 2020
Human Rights Shabbat 5780 (2019)
What does a Jewish response to Hate Crime look like? René Cassin’s Human Rights Shabbat Resource Pack