General news / 12 March 2013 Iran admits torture following pressure from IHEU at the UN Following pressure from our delegation, Iran was forced to back down from its statement yesterday that torture didn't happen in… Read More
General news / 11 March 2013 IHEU calls for the regulation of private military organisations Humanists at the United Nations today called on the Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution to regulate the activities… Read More
8 March 2013 Feminism’s New Indignation There is a new wave of public moral outrage at crimes perpetrated against women, and we must embrace it –… Read More
General news / 7 March 2013 Lebanon’s first civil marriage divides the country, inspires calls for reform Taking advantage of a legal loophole, the marriage papers of Nidal Darwish and Kholoud Succariyeh were approved by the Lebanese Ministry… Read More
Conferences / 6 March 2013 Notice of IHEU General Assembly 2013 The IHEU General Assembly 2013 will be held at the Howard Johnson Grand Plaza Hotel, Calea Dorobanților 5-7, Bucharest 010551,… Read More
General news / 6 March 2013 IHEU to the United Nations: “Apostasy is not a crime” Humanists at the UN in Geneva have today called for the complete abolition of blasphemy laws as incompatible with "one of… Read More
General news / 6 March 2013 UK set to outlaw caste discrimination after pressure from secular and humanist campaigners The UK's House of Lords has voted to bring caste discrimination within the scope of equality legislation, potentially strengthening protections… 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 / 4 March 2013 IHEU reminds UN that freedom of expression must be protected Legitimate steps to combat "hate speech" must take into account the need to protect freedom of expression, humanists have reminded… Read More
General news / 28 February 2013 Death of a defiant humanist, Stéphane Hessel (1917-2013) Resistance fighter, co-author of the Declaration of Human Rights, anti-colonial activist and pioneer of the United Nations, Stéphane Hessel, has died… 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