The CCJO has been an active supporter of efforts to increase the effectiveness of the UN's human rights treaties and institutional mechanisms in the intervening decades.
The group has also campaigned on refugee rights, genocide prevention, religious freedom, racial equality and international restitution issues.
The organisation was originally chaired by Alexander Goldberg who remains as the main delegate to the UN Human Rights Council and Daniel Kingsley.
In 2003, RC began to engage with the Jewish community in the UK to promote awareness of human rights and encourage activism, by hosting a series of high-level public events, including panel debates and conferences.
In October 2010, Kaiser was succeeded by Simone Abel, an attorney with previous experience at Human Rights Watch, New York, and two leading international law firms.
RC has been committed to providing transformative human rights education since 2003, and initially developed a wide range of resources aimed at secondary school children.
In 2008, on the Global Day for Darfur, the group hosted its first full-day conference entitled ‘What’s so Jewish about Human Rights?’ and the event has become an annual fixture.
It provides fellows with the knowledge, skills and contacts needed to enhance their activism in the areas of social justice, international human rights or related fields.