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René Cassin Human Rights Ambassador Programme
An enriching, leadership-orientated initiative to empower young Jewish human rights activists
Make a donation today to … Stop Uyghur Genocide
Please help Rahima and her fellow Uyghurs
We will not forget Roma genocide, says Jewish human rights charity
Sunday 2 August is Roma Genocide Remembrance Day. It marks the 76th anniversary of the murder of 2,897 Roma men women...
“Chilling Echoes” – the plight of the Uyghurs
Livestream event – Thursday 23 July, 8pm
End Uyghur Forced Labour in China Now
René Cassin joins worldwide coalition of 198 organisations
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...
Remembering Srebrenica
11 July 1995
Solidarity Iftar with the Muslim Uyghur community on 4 May 2020
Watch a recording of the solidarity Iftar held on 4 May 2020
Virus crisis – yet another reason to close immigration removal centres
“… an unnecessary evil and a totally avoidable catastrophe”
Write to your MP!
Ask them to support amendments to the Immigration Bill on a time limit for detention
‘Reimagine our society as a diverse and knitted-together mass of communities’
By Rabbi David Mason, Muswell Hill Synagogue I was asked recently, by the Jewish human rights organisation René Cassin...
Imagine – an end to immigration detention
Coronavirus has shown us that radical change is possible
The kindness of strangers
A Refugee Week poem by Debora Singer
China’s systematic oppression of Uyghur Women
René Cassin Briefing Paper - May 2020 Close to three million Muslim Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic communities in...
‘Safeguarding UK’s human rights law – partnership or challenge?’
René Cassin virtual roundtable, 20 May 2020 with Rebecca Hilsenrath, CEO, Equality and Human Rights Commission chaired...
We choose to speak out and stand up in solidarity with black people. Black lives matter.
René Cassin strongly condemns the unjust acts of state violence over the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and...
Call for action: this is what you can do for the Uyghurs
Support a Legal Challenge to Govt Decision to Allow Huawei 5G Network Access through this link. The legal challenge by...
Session four reflection
By Jade Weiner, 2020 fellow The topic of discussion for this session was immigration detention, with Sam Grant, Policy...
Human Rights in Isolation – Top 15 recommendations to keep your mind active
Our Top 10 list of Human Rights related books, documentaries, films and webinars to keep your mind active and remind us why we are committed to change.
‘No More Business as Usual’: Global supply chains tainted by forced Uyghur labour in China.
Illustration by Yip Wong - ASPI report As the Coronavirus pandemic brings the rest of the world to a halt, China,...
Suggested actions in the time of COVID-19
Continuing to support human rights In these unusual times, when our old ways of campaigning are impossible (for...
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
“They miss the drop-in and the things that made their lives more bearable”
COVID-19 and the Alyth Refugee Drop-in Response Cheryl Brodie, co-Coordinator of Alyth drop-in centre The Alyth...
Windrush: Lessons Learned
“I can’t believe I have been treated like this by my beloved England”
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...
Coronavirus lockdown: stay Hopeful, stay Helpful, stay Human – newsletter 27 March 2020
Response to Coronavirus – stay Hopeful, stay Helpful, stay Human … a Women’s Seder … supporting GRT communities … a virtual René Cassin during lockdown
Righteous Women – René Cassin’s Women’s Seder
What is your Seder night like? Does your father or grandfather sit at the head of the table and lead the telling of the exodus? Do you remember our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? Do you discuss what the four sons have to say?
What about the righteous women?
stay Hopeful, stay Helpful, stay Human
Coronavirus statement from Mia, René Cassin’s Executive Director
Remembering Amir Siman-Tov and the cost of the UK’s immigration system
by Michael Goldin, Coordinator of the Detention Jewish Visitors Group On Sunday 1st March I attended an event to mark...
René Cassin’s Women’s Seder Haggadah Companion
The 4 items on our Seder Plate: resistance, solidarity, empowerment & legacy
“They belong” – René Cassin submission to Home Office consultation on police powers and ‘unauthorised encampments’
Nomadic ways of life have long been a part of the country we call home – René Cassin’s submission responded to a Government consultation (March 2020) on “strengthening police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments”.
Purim, the Book of Esther and Human Rights
by Moses Seitler, Education and Community Engagement Officer at René Cassin A summary of most Jewish holidays is they...