Protecting Human Rights in the UK
The Jewish Case for the European Convention on Human Rights
A Parliamentary Briefing – May 2024 René Cassin strongly believes that the UK should remain in the European Convention...
London Elections 2024
René Cassin asks Candidates to Make the Case for Human Rights The London Elections 2024 are due to take place on...
“Ensure Rwanda Bill respects rule of law” – Jewish human rights charity urges Lord Chancellor
PRESS RELEASE – 14 March 2024 René Cassin – the Jewish voice for human rights – has asked the Lord Chancellor to...
Philippe Sands & Helena Kennedy in Conversation – the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75
A René Cassin event on Monday 4 December 2023 at West London Synagogue, to mark...
René Cassin’s Human Rights Shabbat Menu
René Cassin's Human Rights Shabbat Menu To mark the 75th anniversary of the UDHR, we have put together a menu of...
The European Convention on Human Rights – The Jewish case for staying signed in
A Parliamentary Briefing – October 2023
“European Convention important to minorities” Jewish human rights charity tells Conservative chairman
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release – Thursday 28 September 2023 “European Convention important to minorities” Jewish...
Europe Convention on Human Rights: stay signed in
The European Convention on Human Rights – let’s stay signed in As we celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the...
The Bill that will undermine human rights: The Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
later today, Parliament will hold a second reading of The Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill,...
Local Elections 2023: Human Rights Briefing
Local elections are due to be held in England on the 4th May 2023. These will include district councils, unitary...
Hands Off our Human Rights Act!
By Debora Singer MBE, René Cassin When Sarah* had to move to a care home, she and her husband Benjamin* were shocked...
Save our Human Rights Act!
URGENT – ask your MP to vote against the so-called Bill of Rights
Human rights under attack: a Rosh Hashanah briefing for the Jewish community
The Human Rights Act is the cornerstone of universal rights in the UK
Hands off our Human Rights Act!
Our submission to the consultation to reform the HRA
Our Human Rights Act under threat – what does this mean to us?
There is no need to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights.
What’s happening to our human rights?
A week of action against the Policing Bill, the Nationality and Borders Bill and the review of the Human Rights Act...
Because of our Human Rights Act …
As the government reviews the Human Rights Act, we will be posting information here on how the Act helps ordinary people in their everyday lives.
Human Rights Act’s “importance to the Jewish community cannot be overstated”
René Cassin’s response to call for evidence by the Independent Human Rights Act Review
London Mayoral Election 2021: Ensuring a human rights agenda
Find out how you can be involved and make your voice heard
“The loss of the Charter will be felt in the years to come”– Our human rights protections after Brexit
Let’s work to hold on to the benefits of Human Rights Act and European Convention
Food, clothing and a home are human rights too
René Cassin statement on Human Rights Day 2020
Campaigns Officers (2 posts)
Join our growing team – apply by Monday 16 November
What has the Human Rights Act got to do with us?
Discover how our human rights safety net helps ordinary people in their everyday lives. Debora Singer MBE is the...
‘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...
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
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...
stay Hopeful, stay Helpful, stay Human
Coronavirus statement from Mia, René Cassin’s Executive Director
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...
Make Your Vote a Vote for Human Rights
With just over a week left until polling day, we have been thinking about what the future holds for human rights in...
Vote for Human Rights!
Key questions to put to anyone asking for your vote on 12 December
The UK and the Rule of Law: a crisis of national identity?
René Cassin roundtable discussion, held under the Chatham House Rule. Thursday 31 October 2019 at Matrix Chambers, London. Keynote speaker Professor Philippe Sands QC.
Why is the Human Rights Act important for disabled people?
By Simone Aspis Increasingly, the government is enacting legislation and policies that have the potential to treat...