Honour-based violence and gender stereotyping
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 26th Session (10th – 27th June 2014) Annual Full-Day Discussion on Women’s Rights…
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Anti-slavery campaigner and IHEU partner faces political charges in Mauritania
Anti-slavery campaigner Biram Dah Abeid was arrested on 10 November in Mauritania. The award-winning human rights campaigner has worked with…
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UPR Statement on Norway
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 27th Session (8th – 26th September 2014) Universal Periodic Review (UPR): Norway ORAL…
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A win for fundamentalism, as Asia Bibi death sentence upheld
On Thursday the Lahore High Court upheld a 2010 death sentence for Asia Bibi, the woman at the centre of…
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What the world avoids talking about: Contemporary forms of slavery are rampant in many Arab states
There is slavery, including descent-based slavery, forced labour, and trafficking, endemic in many states in south and western Asia, and…
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ISIS: States across the region share in the responsibility, having promoted an ideology of supremacism and violence
Representatives of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva spoke this morning about ISIS,…
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Act now to #FreeRaif: Calling for freedom gets you 10 Years, 1000 lashes, in Saudi Arabia
Time is running out for a young activist who called for greater freedom, and now faces devastating corporal punishment and a decade…
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Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression
The delegates at World Humanist Congress assented on 10th August and the IHEU General Assembly approved on 11th August the Oxford…
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Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality law overturned by constitutional court
The new Anti-Homosexuality law in Uganda has been declared “null and void” by the constitutional court, ruling on a challenge brought…
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Here is Why Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Law is Wink in the Dark
By Kato Mukasa Nothing has given Uganda so much International publicity than the passing of the Anti Homosexuality Bill by…
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Lords debate Article 18 and the right to freedom of thought, conscience and belief
Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights honours the freedom to subscribe to whatever philosophy you choose, be…
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