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75 anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR75

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75 anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR75

SONGS OF
THE PEOPLE

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'Let me write the songs of the people

and I care not who makes their laws.'

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ECHR  (NOVEMBER 2025) BY telling the story of how IT grew amongst the evidence of the wasteland created by the Nazis, AT THE NUREMBERG TRIALS

Autumn of Remembrance

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As our #ECHR75 commemoration draws to a close, Tom Blackmore reflects on the importance of reawakening our memories of those who rebuilt peace after war, so that we can understand, and ultimately, renew.

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ECHR75 at 
Festival Fringe
 

'A love letter to Edinburgh as well as the values of peace, freedom and remembrance.'

The National

 

We celebrated ECHR's protections with performances of our song cycle, Dreams of Peace & Freedom in Edinburgh, David Maxwell Fyfe's birthplace, this August at C alto

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Our political story

'At a time when Human Rights and international law feel particularly precarious…I hope more politicians of all parties can learn from our history of rights in law and practice, rooted in the values demonstrated by Maxwell Fyfe, and commit to the enduring value of the ECHR'

Angela O'Hagan

Scottish Human Rights Commission

Read how Songs of the People have attracted support from Parliament and the

Prime Minister

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ECHR75 performances
continue

Following our Dornoch Cathedral performance our celebration of ECHR'S protections travelled on from Edinburgh to Manchester at the start of Conservative Party conference and Newcastle.

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Launch for ECHR75
 

To launch Songs of the People, our commemoration of ECHR75 we travelled the length of the country peddling hope and seeking inspiration as we sang to celebrate its protections.

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DREAMS OF PEACE & FREEDOM 
 

A powerful, multi-layered performance exploring the birth of modern human rights through the eyes of David Maxwell Fyfe, Nuremberg prosecutor and ECHR champion with musical settings of words that inspired him.

Robert Blackmore, Lily Casson, Sue Casson Protest against Rewanda policy

‘What began as a celebration
has become
a call to arms’

These words spoken by Helen Mountfield, Principal of Mansfield College express our journey of the last 5 years as we have responded to the changing political climate 

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David Maxwell Fyfe on a rock

David Maxwell Fyfe

British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials who went on to champion and draft the European Convention on Human Rights

The Human's in the Telling

A New Generation of his Family...

tell the story of David's journey from

Nuremberg to Strasbourg

in live performances of a song cycle,

a filmed recording and scrapbook

Filmed Recording
Dreams of Peace & Freedom: The Humans in the Telling 

In a Sussex forest, David's family explore the significance of his story under the shadow of pandemic restrictions.

Scrapbook
Letters, Transcripts, Blogs and Posts 

Drawing on a family archive of personal papers, we follow in the footsteps of David and Sylvia, discovering their story from a world where ECHR is becoming increasingly vulnerable

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We recognize our debt to all who have helped and supported us and we are very grateful to them.

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