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The Human Rights Act and LGBT+ Rights: Much to be Grateful For
by Caroline Beck, Trustee, KeshetUK This year, we celebrate 20 years since the passing of the Human Rights Act, the...
Despite Human Rights Act, UK Still Failing Asylum Seekers and Refugees
By Jess Baker @jessica_baker_ It is 7pm in a dull Calais car park, and well fed refugees are wandering away from our...
René Cassin Praises the Human Rights Act in Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry
In evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, René Cassin highlights the importance of the Human Rights Act...
20 years of the Human Rights Act – a view from Jewish Women’s Aid
By Lee Wax, Communications & Training Manager at Jewish Women's Aid This past year marks the 20th anniversary of...
Building for the Future: Modern Slavery and the Construction Industry
By Will Bordell High-rise flats and first-time-buyer housing, city-centre office blocks and high-speed railway-lines,...
Happy 20th Birthday, Human Rights Act!
This week René Cassin is celebrating twenty years of UK Human Rights
Jewish Human Rights Heroes
Podcast of event now available
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70 [Cancelled]
René Cassin event – Wednesday 12 December, 7.30pm – London NW3 – Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We hope to reschedule for Spring 2019.
Sunrise, not Sunset: a short film celebrating the Human Rights Act
How the Human Rights Act helps ordinary people in everyday situations
Faiths to Freedom: Interfaith Action on Modern Slavery
Elliot Steinberg on why our faith communities are ideally placed to combat modern slavery
Campaigning 101 with Barry Sheerman MP
Fellow Lauren Chaplin reflect on the programme's 6th session: Parliamentary Lobbying and Campaigning Seatbelts. Those...
Anti-Slavery Day 2018
Slavery and trafficking are unavoidably connected to Jewish experience. As stated by the Chief Rabbi, “speaking out...
Ask Your MP to Stand Against Modern Slavery in Parliament Today!
This evening, there will be a Westminster Hall debate on Tackling Modern Slavery in Parliament 6.30-7.30pm. The event...
Victim Protections Undermined: René Cassin’s evidence to the Parliamentary Inquiry on Modern Slavery Legislation
René Cassin recently submitted evidence to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry, looking at what progress has been made...
René Cassin submits evidence to Parliamentary inquiry into immigration detention
Post-Brexit, the UK has a unique opportunity to set the tone when it comes to progressing human rights. We promote a 28-day limit for immigration detention, and an increase in the use of alternatives to detention
Meet the 70 year old safeguarding human dignity around the world – newsletter 27 July 2018
Celebrating ‘the Magna Carta for all humanity’ … on the front line of human rights defence – René Cassin in Budapest … remembering the Roma victims of the Holocaust … demanding an end to indefinite immigration detention
René Cassin AJA Fellows go to Budapest!
The trip offered our Fellows the opportunity to learn about why Hungarian society has embraced nationalism, how its ascendance has affected human rights & its impact on organised civil society.
Day One – Philosophy, history & activism
Lauren Chaplin reflects on Day One, where Fellows met with Professor Gabor Balzas, Aniko Feliz of the Tom Lantos Institute and activist and academic Eszter Susan.
Day Three – Jewish, Roma and LGBTQI intersectionality
Bella Lever is “particularly struck by the interaction and overlap” between the Jewish, LGBTQI and GRT organisations that the Fellows encounter on Day Three.
Day Four – Charity Taxi Project
Sam Alston reflects on the Fellows’ fourth day in Budapest.
Meet the 2018 Cohort of René Cassin AJA Fellows
Meet our 2018 Cohort of exceptional Fellows.
“A thoroughly enjoyable, educational and fulfilling experience”
Yoram Goodman reflects on his internship at René Cassin
René Cassin “has cemented my belief in the power and importance of human rights”
Joe Rowan reflects on René Cassin’s nurturing environment and his personal passion for activism.
“Uniting against adversity will make us more powerful” – a week with René Cassin
Isobel Mintz reflects on how her week with René Cassin has opened her eyes to a “unique perspective on human rights”.
Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
On 2nd of August, representatives of the Jewish community joined with the Roma community to mark Roma Genocide...
The 2nd August – Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
74 years ago today, the Nazis killed 2,897 Roma men, women and children at Auschwitz
Trafficked children in UK “continue to be exploited”
On World Day against Trafficking, Ben Lewis considers children “trapped in their exploitation”.
René Cassin makes submission to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hate Crime
The inquiry asked: “How do we build community cohesion when hate crime is on the rise?”. Our report answered questions on anti-Semitism and hate crime and hate speech against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and made recommendations on building community cohesion during a time of rising hate crime levels.
Shaw Review 2: “The time that many people spend in detention remains deeply troubling”
Stephen Shaw has published his long-awaited second review into UK immigration detention.
Passionate about human rights? Fundraising experience? – join us as a Trustee
As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, there has never been a more important time to get involved in our work.
“When considering human rights, it is up to humans to do what’s right”
David Cohen explains how a week with René Cassin has challenged his cynicism with regards to work experience and the human rights sector as a whole.
‘With each passing day, I have been educated and empowered’ – a week at René Cassin
Georgie joined the René Cassin team for a week in July 2018. She left feeling that she’d been given the tools to engage in her own future human rights activism.