Welcome to the IHEU General Assembly 2016
President of the IHEU, Andrew Copson, welcomed delegates to the IHEU General Assembly in Malta today (Sunday 22 May). The prepared…
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“Tense Times”: Freedom of Expression and Religion or Belief at the UN
IHEU director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, reflects on the relationship between the rights to expression and religion or belief and…
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On nationalism and the scapegoating of minorities
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31st Session (29th February – 24th March 2016) General…
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IHEU urges more to be done to combat harmful and exclusionary ideology of populist nationalism
On International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the…
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Psychiatric detention and charges against atheist show “Soviet era abuse of psychiatry, apparently alive and well in Russia today”
An atheist in Russia, Viktor Krasnov (38) faces the threat of jail time for saying online that, “There is no god”…
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Creationism is dead in Iceland
0.0% of Icelanders aged 25 or younger believe that “God” created the world, according to a new poll. The finding…
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LGBTI rights and Freedex
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 29th Session (15th June – 3rd July 2015) General Debate, Item 2/3 …
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Statement on Paris attack: “always promote humanity and hope, over hatred and fear”
Following last night’s series of gun and bomb attacks on Paris, leaving over 100 dead, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) stands…
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German Humanists exposing systematic discrimination against the non-religious
Last week, the Humanist Association of Germany (Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands, HVD) presented its first comprehensive report on the multifarious existing forms of discrimination…
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IHEU calls out Russia at UN on its treatment of civil society
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has highlighted the increasingly grave situation for civil society in Russia, including for…
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Free speech, a muted Council, and the dubious weapon of offence
From the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU's head of delegation, Elizabeth O’Casey, discusses some of the…
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