Campaigns / 23 April 2007 Child Marriage: A Violation of Human Rights In collaboration with the World Population Foundation, IHEU has launched a joint campaign against the horror of child marriage, a… Read More
9 November 2006 Human Rights Day – 10 December 2006 Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948… Read More
Growth and Development / 1 November 2006 “Banker to the Poor” wins 2006 Nobel Peace prize IHEU extends its congratulations to Mohammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank, winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammed Yunus… Read More
Growth and Development / 30 October 2006 IHEU and HIVOS announce 2006-2008 grant programme Update: Applications for 2006 funding are now closed. Read More
13 October 2006 Perspectives on implementing the 1981 UN Declaration on Religious Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Matt Cherry, secretary of the United Nations Non-Government Organizations (NGO) Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Executive Director… Read More
29 September 2006 Human Rights in Belarus One of the more thankless tasks that the old UN Human Rights Commission set its experts was to report on… Read More
1 July 2006 Freedom of Expression under threat at the Human Rights Council The first session of the new UN Human Rights Council got underway on 19th June in Geneva, but despite the… Read More
Humanists International News / 26 July 2005 Criticism of suicide bombers censored at the UN IHEU today attempted to call on the United Nations to condemn killing in the name of religion, but were prevented… Read More
22 March 2005 IHEU Speaks Out on Caste at the UN IHEU's executive director Babu Gogineni spoke at the UN Commission on Human Rights on 21 March 2005. He called for… Read More
Growth and Development / 30 November 2004 Funding for Humanism [b]IHEU-HIVOS HUMANIST NETWORKING & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME[/b] IHEU is pleased to invite applications for the 2004 phase of IHEU-HIVOS Funding. Only… Read More
18 November 2004 UNESCO award for Taslima Nasrin Taslima Nasrin, well known Bangladeshi Humanist and former IHEU NGO Representative at UNESCO, Paris, has been awarded the prestigious 2004… Read More