6 June 2013 Cultural Rights and Discrimination Against Women – UN Geneva Speaking on Monday 3rd. June 2013 at the UN Geneva, Elizabeth O’Casey, main representative of Center for Inquiry condemned those… Read More
General news / 14 March 2013 OIC attacks free expression while ignoring real human rights crises – IHEU In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Tuesday, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) criticised the Organisation… Read More
General news / 4 March 2013 Humanists attack modern day slavery – UN Human Rights Council Despite government promises and a change in the law, the situation for "modern day slaves" in Mauritania and elsewhere remains… Read More
General news / 26 February 2013 IHEU highlights the criminalisation of atheism in many parts of the world Atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other non-religious people are discriminated against around the world, with expression of their views is often… Read More
Humanists International News / 16 September 2011 IHEU attacks traditional practices leading to maternal deaths IHEU representative Hannah Bock raised two examples of traditional practices that are continuing to impede efforts to reduce maternal mortality:… Read More
Members and partners / 21 June 2011 Gay Humanists welcome United Nations resolution The UK gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has warmly welcomed the UN Human Rights Council resolution on… Read More
Humanists International News / 23 March 2011 Don’t mention the caste system! In October 2010, the UN Human Rights Council working group on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Program of… Read More
Humanists International News / 22 March 2011 IHEU criticizes Mauritania over slavery and the death penalty for homosexuals The friends of Mauritania, mostly Islamic states, who spoke in an hour-long debate in the Human Rights Council Friday, 18… Read More
Humanists International News / 15 September 2010 IHEU silenced at UN for attempting to question the role of Islam in the persistence of slavery It was just three years ago that the outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour said "there can be no taboos… Read More
24 September 2009 UN Human Rights Council: Universal Human Rights “Under Threat” Geneva, Switzerland -- In four statements to the United Nations (UN), made on Sept. 22, 2009, the International Humanist and… Read More
22 September 2009 IHEU protests modern slavery in Sudan and Mauritania In a joint statement with the Association for World Education, IHEU has strongly criticised the continuation of chattel slavery affecting… Read More