Stop putting unfit states on the Human Rights Council, coalition tells UN members
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has joined a coalition of NGOs calling on Member States of the United…
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Ireland referendum: vote to end ‘blasphemy’ urges IHEU chief executive
The chief executive of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has urged delegates at a conference on humanism and…
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Report on international humanist meetings in New Zealand
Members of the humanist and rationalist community in New Zealand and delegates from humanist organizations around the world met together…
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IHEU calls on UN to respect the cultural rights of humanists
Humanists have urged the UN Human Rights Council to recognise the individual cultural rights of humanists and freethinkers across the…
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IHEU calls on UN Human Rights Council to address rights violations caused by criminalization of abortion
Access to safe and legal abortion is a human rights issue, humanists emphasized at the United Nations Human Rights Council…
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IHEU to Botswana: Abolish death penalty – the “ultimate cruel and inhuman punishment”
At the United Nations today, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) called on Botswana to abolish the death penalty.…
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Release Blogger and Scrap Death Penalty law! NGOs urge Mauritania at United Nations
Today on the floor of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a group of ten NGOs jointly called on Mauritania…
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At the UN, IHEU calls out populist leaders promoting homophobia and hate
Humanists at the United Nations have criticized the track record of many populist leaders and governments on LGBTI people and…
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Protect Humanists at Risk crowdfunding campaign launched
To mark World Humanist Day today (21 June), humanist organizations from around the world are backing a crowdfunding campaign to…
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IHEU regrets withdrawal of United States from Human Rights Council
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has expressed regret at the withdrawal of the United States of America from…
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Freethinking writer and politician shot dead in Bangladesh
A publisher of poetry and ‘freethought’ texts, who openly identified as atheist, has been shot dead in Bangladesh. Shahzahan Bachchu…
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