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Could you be René Cassin’s next Treasurer?
We are looking for a Treasurer to join our Trustee Board René Cassin, the Jewish voice for human rights, works to...
Immigration Regulations Undermine NRM Despite Reforms
By Jane Kilpatrick Trafficking victim Peter came in contact with @ECPATUK after he ran away from his traffickers, in...
Reflection on Session Three: Immigration Detention
by Mo Makin The topic of discussion for this session was immigration detention. Immigration always seems to be in the...
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...
As Modern Slavery Starts to Emerge from the Shadows, are we Ready for it?
Will Bordell March was a month of modern slavery data-points – and they’re not as dull as they might sound. Across the...
Never Again? A Jewish response to the Uyghur crisis
This René Cassin event examines religious persecution in China – Thursday 9 May, 7-8.30pm
South Africa’s Human Rights Day
Josh Alston looks at the role that South African Jews played in the fight against apartheid, and remembers Ruth First’s struggle and sacrifice.
Making the Jewish case for Human Rights, in ‘small places, close to home’ – newsletter 13 March 2019
Updates on our Jewish Human Rights Heroes event … our ‘Making the Jewish case for Human Rights’ publication … latest campaigning news … profiling activist Debora Singer … and notice of new events in May and September
MPs Call for End to Indefinite Detention
By Bella Lever Last month, the Joint Committee on Human Rights published a report which called for a time limit on...
International Women’s Day 2019
Today is International Women’s Day, a day for celebrating how far we have come in securing women’s rights, but also...
To Advance Women’s Rights, We Must Promote Human Rights
By Mia Hasenson-Gross, Executive Director of René Cassin When Minerva Bernardino from the Dominican Republic, Hansa...
Jewish Community urges Govt to protect right to home for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers
A cross denomination of Rabbis and community organisations have signed our letter to @ukhomeoffice to express our...
International Women’s Day 2019: Fundraising for Freedom
As we mark International Women’s Day, René Cassin is asking Youth Movements and local communities to organise...
Female Jewish Human Rights Heroes
As we mark International Women's Day, it is important to celebrate Jewish women throughout history who have championed...
Making the Jewish Case for Human Rights in the UK
René Cassin booklet – Jews must be at the forefront of promoting universal rights
We Must Call Out Prejudice
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities together constitute Europe’s largest ethnic minority and they share a...
Parliamentary Committee Backs Call for a 28-day Time Limit
Last week the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published its report on immigration detention in the UK, joining...
Human rights begin at home
René Cassin statement on Holocaust Memorial Day
Meet the 2019 Cohort of René Cassin AJA Fellows
We are excited to welcome our new Cohort of Fellows, read all about them here.
These Walls Must Fall in Bristol
Two Bristol students discuss the successful campaign for Bristol City Council to pass a These Walls Must Fall motion....
Victims of Modern Slavery Going Hungry
Despite the PM stating that modern slavery is the "greatest human rights issue of our time", victims are going hungry....
Students Create History of Human Rights Podcast
Two student from JFS, Georgie and David, have created a wonderful short podcast outlining a brief history of human rights in UK.
Cultural Genocide in Xinjiang
By Baruch Solomon This week we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)....
“We need to make the case for human rights values” – René Cassin Director
Mia Hasenson-Gross marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“We cannot be complacent” – Board of Deputies
BoD President marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“We must work and fight for human dignity” – Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Rights Shabbat 5779 (2018)
Welcome to the Human Rights Shabbat Resource Pack for 5779 (2018). Whether you are a synagogue, youth movement,...
Is the Rule of Law under threat?
René Cassin hosts roundtable discussion with leading experts, led by Lord Daniel Finkelstein
The Promise of the UDHR 70 Years on
By Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission My father-in-law was 28 when the...
Celebrating Nelson Mandela’s “sudden ray of hope” – newsletter 14 November 2018
Events to mark 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights … ‘Sunrise, not Sunset’ film shows how the Human Rights Act helps ordinary people in everyday situations … remembering the Roma Holocaust … latest campaigning on modern slavery and indefinite immigration detention
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...
Happy 20th Birthday, Human Rights Act!
This week René Cassin is celebrating twenty years of UK Human Rights