Human rights: a legacy of the Holocaust
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For International Human Rights Day, Debora Singer MBE, Safeguarding Human Rights Lead at René Cassin, explains how the Jewish community has shaped human rights following the Holocaust, and how our freedoms are currently under threat in the UK.
By Deborah Singer
Human rights have a legacy which the Jewish community holds very dear. The concept of human rights, such as the rights of individuals to not be oppressed by the state, to protest, to speak freely, and to seek protection from persecution, didn’t come from nowhere. It came from one of the biggest infringements on human rights within living memory.
When René Cassin, the Jewish voice for human rights, campaigns alongside allies like Friends of the Earth, Liberty, Just Fair, and many others, we have something additional to contribute. When we oppose the Illegal Migration Act, which removes the right to protection from persecution, or the now abandoned Bill of Rights, which would have weakened the Human Rights Act, it’s personal. ...
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