Growth and Development / 3 April 2019 Humanists International awards 5 grants to “Regional Humanist Hubs” We awarded a total of $15 900 to support the projects of five Member Organizations around the world Read More
General news / 27 March 2019 Italian government supports world congress of homophobic, sexist and anti-abortion fundamentalists What is the World Congress of Families, and how involved is the Italian Government? Read More
Humanists International event / 24 April 19 - 24 April 19 Fundamentalism rising An event to discuss together the rise of Islamist and Hindutva fundamentalism in Bangladesh and India respectively, with a panel… Read More
Conference / 31 May 19 - 02 June 19 General Assembly 2019 The 2019 Humanists International General Assembly (GA) will take place on Sunday 2 June 2019 in Reykjavik, Iceland, in conjunction… Read More
Humanists International News / 21 December 2018 Humanists thankful for life of Barrie Berkley Staff and representatives of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) have been saddened to learn of the death of… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / El Salvador / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action / Human rights violations arising from criminalization of abortion ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 38th Session (18th June – 6th July 2018) General… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / Russia / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR Statement on Russia ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 39th Session (10th – 28th September 2018) UPR: Russian… Read More
Campaigns / 27 October 2018 Victory: Ireland votes to remove ‘blasphemy’ from constitution In an historic move, the people of Ireland have voted to remove ‘blasphemy’ from their constitution. The people of Ireland… Read More
Members and partners / 27 October 2018 IHEU President helps Danish Humanists celebrate 10 years The President of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, Andrew Copson, travelled to Copenhagen to congratulate the Danish Humanist Association… Read More
26 October 2018 IHEU ‘frustrated’, as European Court fails to overturn ‘blasphemy’ conviction in Austria In a recent judgement, the European Court of Human Rights has refused to overturn a conviction for ‘disparaging religious doctrines’… Read More
30 September 2018 Blasphemy-accused tell Ireland: time to abolish “blasphemy” law An unprecedented international coalition of people accused of “blasphemy” in their home countries has called on the “people of Ireland”… Read More