Advocacy News / 9 December 2020 At African Commission, Cheick Mkhaitir and Humanists International raise four cases of concern The statement addressed the situation of Mubarak Bala in Nigeria and the persecution of human rights defenders in 3 other… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2020 / Mauritania / African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights / Persecution of human rights defenders in Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Nigeria Oral statement on Item 6: Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa 67th session of African Commission on Human… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Egypt / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action / Blasphemy laws in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 33rd Session (13th – 30th September 2016) General Debate: Item 8 This statement… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2019 / Morroco / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action / The Convention on the Rights of the Child in Islam ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (9th – 27th September 2019)… Read More
30 September 2019 Humanists International calls on states not to ratify the “Covenant on the Rights of the Child in Islam” States are making laws based on religious grounds that are incompatible with their obligations on the human rights of children. Read More
General news / 27 September 2019 This is what happens when governments want to silence female dissidents, whose critical minds intimidate them Humanists International at the United Nations has castigated states such as Iran, Morocco and Saudi Arabia for their treatment of… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2019 / Iran / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention / Women human rights defenders International Humanist and Ethical Union 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (9th – 27th September 2019) General Debate… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2017 / Morroco / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR statement on Morocco ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 36th Session (11 September – 29 September 2017) UPR… Read More
Advocacy News / 21 September 2017 Moroccan-born IHEU representative criticises Morocco’s treatment of freethinkers at UN This morning at the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU representative, Kacem El Ghazzali, called on his country of birth, Morocco,… Read More