UN passes historic resolution calling for Independent Expert on LGBTI rights
In an historic move, the United Nations has adopted a resolution to appoint the first Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation…
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At UN, IHEU highlights Paraguay’s “cruel laws and culture surrounding reproductive rights and child abuse”
Today at the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) used a review of Paraguay’s human…
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Announcing first details of World Humanist Congress 2017
Update, 10 February 2017: Please note that this event has been cancelled. “Facing challenges to the separation of church and…
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These five countries are trying to delete “human rights defenders” from the UN resolution on protecting human rights defenders
Update 24 March: See the end of this post for results… A vital motion to be considered by the UN Human Rights Council,…
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IHEU calls on UN to ensure response to Zika includes respecting women’s reproductive rights
In the wake of the World Health Organisation declaring the Zika virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern last month, the…
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From the Americas: University of Missouri Protests
Anya Overmann and Julia Julstrom-Agoyo report on an extraordinary student-led protest in response to perceived inaction after a series of racist incidents on…
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SRHR in Latin America
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 30th Session (14th September – 2nd October 2015) General…
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On Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, IHEU calls on UN to protect SRHR of all
Today, on the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, the International Humanist and Ethical Union…
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Guatemalan Humanists resist bill that would force religion into all schools
Humanists are pushing back against a proposed law in Guatemala that would require religious teaching in all schools, public or private, with…
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Police brutality and racism in the United States of America
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union United Nations Human Rights Council, 29th Session (15th June – 3rd July 2015)…
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Police brutality and racism in American criminal justice system highlighted by IHEU
In the wake of the white supremacist killing of nine African-Americans in Charleston, and the fatal shootings of four unarmed…
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