Campaigns / 24 June 2009 IHEU calls on President of Lithuania to stop gay education ban Update: the deadline for signing has passed and the bill did not become law [27 June 2009]. IHEU president, Sonja… Read More
18 June 2009 IHEU questions Chinese membership of UN Human Rights Council 20 years after Tiananmen Square, IHEU has criticized China's human rights record and urged the international community to consider again… Read More
18 June 2009 UN adopts resolution on preventable maternal mortality The UN Human Rights Council has adopted the attached resolution on Preventable Maternal Mortality. The text of the speech given… Read More
18 June 2009 UN begins to move on caste discrimination Caste discrimination “clealy falls within my mandate” claimed the newly-appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Mr Mugai, speaking on 16… Read More
18 June 2009 IHEU challenges the view that “defamation of religion” is a form of racism On 16 June, during the general debate on racism at the Human Rights Council, the Pakistani delegate Muhammad Saeed Sarwar,… Read More
16 June 2009 IHEU denied the right to speak on Sudan In a travesty of democratic debate, only six non-governmental organizations were allowed to speak in the debate on the Sudan… Read More
16 June 2009 A.C. Grayling speaks for IHEU at UN Human Rights Council In a speech to the Human Rights Council on 16 June on behalf of IHEU, Professor Anthony Grayling called upon… Read More
15 June 2009 IHEU criticizes Chinese record on human rights IHEU has criticized China's human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva. Particular points mentioned were… Read More
Campaigns / 10 June 2009 Global initiative against untouchability launched in London The first “World Conference on Untouchability” concluded today [10 June 2009] with the launch of a global initiative against caste… Read More
Campaigns / 10 June 2009 Superstition kills: new film premieres at World Conference on Untouchability In a new 30-minute film, Swedish film maker Henrik Thome tracks IHEU's International Director Babu Gogineni as he and his… Read More
Conferences / 9 June 2009 BBC features IHEU World Conference on Untouchability The BBC has reported on the First World Conference on Untouchability, which opens in London today [9 June 2009]. The… Read More