Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Paraguay / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR statement on Paraguay ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 32nd Session (13th June – 1st July 2016) Universal Periodic Review –… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Brazil / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action / Zika and reproductive rights ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31st Session (29th February – 24th March 2016) General… Read More
Advocacy News / 1 July 2016 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… Read More
Advocacy News / 23 June 2016 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… Read More
Conferences / 20 May 2016 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… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2015 / Chile / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action / SRHR in Latin America ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 30th Session (14th September – 2nd October 2015) General… Read More
Advocacy News / 28 September 2015 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… Read More
General news / 31 March 2011 From the UN: World Day of Social Justice The World Day of Social Justice, observed this year on Feb. 20, is an urgent call for all countries to… Read More
24 September 2010 IHEU Meets the new UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, PhD, is an academic who spent… Read More
Young Humanists International / 1 February 2009 A Landmark First for the LGBT Community In a powerful victory for the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, sixty-six nations at the UN General… Read More
Young Humanists International / 31 January 2009 Column/Opinion: A Landmark First for the LGBT Community In a powerful victory for the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, sixty-six nations at the UN General… Read More