Children's Rights
“Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.” (Click here to learn more)
Children are a particularly vulnerable group and repeatedly have their rights violated.
The Talmud states that “childhood is a garland of roses” and that “the very breath of children is free of sin.” (Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 152, 119). In line with our mission to campaign and educate on universal human rights issues drawing on the experience of the Jewish people, René Cassin seeks to promote the rights of the child. We aim to act as a voice for many children whose voices cannot be heard.
Our Aims:
- End child slavery and sexual servitude
- Protect the rights of child asylum seekers and end child detention
- End discrimination on the basis of sexuality
- Promote the right to education and end discrimination in schools
Recent campaign work includes:
- Awareness raising of risks of homophobia within schools
- Working on ending child detention for asylum seekers (worked to successfully end child detention for asylum seekers in the UK)
- Promoting intersex rights issues, and right of choice for the child (lobbying parliament and raising awareness)