Paola Uccellari joins JCWI as Interim Executive Director in April 2022. Paola has over ten years’ experience in leadership positions, including at the Equal Rights Trust, the Children’s Rights Alliance for England, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Law Society. She has a history of campaigning on migrants’ and refugees’ rights, including leading…
Are you looking to develop your career as a solicitor or caseworker in immigration law? Join our award-winning legal team, and help individuals and families who are subject to immigration law, with immigration, public law and civil claims. Bring your knowledge of human rights, asylum and trafficking law to our work, representing the most marginalised refugees…
Our vision at JCWI is of a UK where human rights and dignity are respected, and no one is made vulnerable or destitute or denied their fundamental rights simply because they have migrated. One of our tools in this fight is through strategic litigation – legal action that seeks to right a wrong for an…
The Home Office announced further funding to help vulnerable EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members applying to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).
People fighting for the future of life on our planet should be celebrated – but climate activists in Afghanistan are at huge risk. Since the Taliban took over, at least eight civil society activists and human rights defenders have been assassinated, with many more forced into hiding, or fleeing the country. The UK should be…
“It is a real honour to thank Satbir on behalf of all the Trustees of JCWI as he leaves us after five incredible years. Under his leadership, JCWI has become a more confident, more generous and more resilient organisation, with relationships and partnerships across sectors and regions of the country. We are particularly proud of…