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Human Rights Tour – Day of Action
Sunday 4 October, 11am-3pm at JHub, Haskell House, 152 West End Lane, London, NW6 1SD
Join us for a Young People’s Day: awareness raising and community debate for young people, marking 15 years of the Human Rights Act and what it means for us all.
The Refugee Crisis – the Jewish community’s response
Wednesday 7 October, 7pm at JW3, 341-351 Finchley Road, London NW3 6ET
As Europe faces its biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War, find out how the Jewish community has come together to offer tangible ways to make a difference.
Human Rights and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities
We consider the ways in which human rights legislation affects Gypsy and Traveller Communities living in England and...
Hope and Despair for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers
Read our latest update on policy and research developments regarding our Gypsy, Roma and Traveller campaign area...
Detention Debate in Parliament
Today, 10th September 2015, Parliament sat down to debate detention for asylum seekers and refugees. Impassioned pleas...
Government introduces “discriminatory” planning policy for Traveller sites
A report from the Traveller Movement has highlighted the harmful, troublesome and at times discriminatory effects of a...
#UnlockTheDebate – Alternative debate on detention
In Britain, asylum seekers can be held indefinitely in detention centres. This means that people, who have often...
The Refugee Crisis
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in...
New Article: Creeping conservatism of UK courts in Article 8 cases
The Human Rights Act is often criticized for affording too many people the right to stay in the UK due to their right...
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons joins call for a time limit on detention
Nick Hardwick, the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, has today found that Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre ‘is...
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.
Religious Leaders on Immigration Detention: A Force to be Reckoned With
Leaders from René Cassin and Tzelem attended the London Church Refugee Network meeting to discuss interfaith...
Detention Interfaith Tent
Recently, Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders assembled at Harmondsworth Moor. The Moor sits five miles from the home...
From Magna Carta to Harmondsworth
From Magna Carta to Harmondsworth Article on the contradiction of celebrating the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta in...
Launch of Trafficking Survivor Care Standards
Although it is difficult to establish the exact scale of human trafficking, due to the hidden nature of this crime,...
Detention Fast-Track Procedure Suspended
Minister for Immigration James Brokenshire has today announced the suspension of the Detained Fast Track asylum...
‘Time for a Time Limit’ – Interfaith Tent
On Sunday July 5 (Ramadan and 17th of Tammuz) at Harmondsworth Moor (UB7 0PD)
‘ … since you were foreigners in the land of Egypt’
We call on people of all faiths and none to gather near Harmondsworth Detention Centre – in solidarity with the strangers at our gates.
Free event – all welcome
“He was the human of Human Rights”
We are sad that our great friend, advisor, supporter and one of our founding figures, Clemens Nathan, has passed away....
Save the Human Rights Act
Human Rights are Equally Ours Sometimes you can’t appreciate the value of something until it is taken away. So it is...
Fear and prejudice here and abroad
Fear and prejudice here and abroad Gay, lesbian and bisexual asylum seekers face discrimination at every step of the...
Submission made to independent review of ODW visas
René Cassin Submission to ODW Review Overseas domestic workers in the UK are especially vulnerable to abuse, as they...
René Cassin submits evidence to review of immigration detention
René Cassin were invited to submit evidence to the the Shaw Review of Welfare in Immigration Detention. Our...
Sudan Update: Bashir Sweeps Election
Bashir Sweeps Sudanese Elections Omar al-Bashir has extended his quarter-century rule of Sudan after a dubiously run...
Expert panel: How to break the chains of modern slavery?
Breaking the Chains On the 22nd of April, René Cassin was pleased to hear from renowned experts Parosha Chandran and...
Faith leaders meet at roundtable on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Rights
Interfaith Roundtable Summary Faith leaders from a wide range of religions and denominations came together on the 15th...
Rabbis speak out after visit to detention centre
Rabbis speak out after visit to detention centre Representatives from the rabbinical social justice group Tzelem...
‘Lost Souls’ of the Detention System
'Lost Souls' of the Detention System The House of Lords debated immigration detention on the 26th of March 2015,...
Modern Slavery – breaking the chains
A René Cassin free public event on Wednesday 22 April at Berwin Leighton Paisner, London EC4R 9HA.
Slavery is not history. In the UK today there are as many as 13,000 victims. Two leading experts examine this modern scourge and what can be done to combat it.
The René Cassin ‘Human Writes’ Essay Competition
"Religion and human rights - compatible or conflicting?" Every year René Cassin runs an essay competition to get...
Immigration detention – “expensive, ineffective and unjust”
René Cassin welcomes today’s report by The Parliamentary Inquiry into the use of Immigration Detention in the UK. The...
There’s No Such Thing as Trivial Rights
There's No Such Thing as Trivial Rights The Conservative Party’s proposal to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA),...
Joint Letter on Responsibility To Protect
Last week René Cassin, together with a number of civil society organisations, took part in a joint initiative calling...