10 March 2008 Islamic Law vs Human Rights IHEU has responded to claims that the “Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam” is “not an alternative” to the… Read More
3 January 2008 Universality of Human Rights under attack at the UN The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) representing the 56 Islamic States renewed its attack on the Universality of Human… Read More
25 October 2007 Excerpt from report to the UN General Assembly regarding non believers UN General Assembly A/62/280 Exerpt from: Interim Report of Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Asma Jahangir. 20… Read More
Humanists International News / 25 October 2007 IHEU comments on Islamophobia report IHEU has called a UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur's report on Islamophobia "seriously flawed". Read More
16 September 2007 NGOs gagged again at UN Human Rights Council IHEU was prevented from speaking this week following the Special Rapporteur on Racism, Doudou Diene's report on "Islamophobia". Only four… Read More
Campaigns / 30 August 2007 IHEU appeals to UN again: condemn calls to kill in the name of god IHEU has appealed to the United Nations Council on Human Rights, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN High Commissioner Louise… Read More
2 July 2007 A Catastrophe for Human Rights Even in his worst nightmares former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan could hardly have dreamed when he called for the… Read More
18 October 2006 What Future for Human Rights? Report on the chaotic second session of the new Human Rights Council In 2005, the UN Commission for Human Rights… 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
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
Campaigns / 10 April 2006 We are not afraid IHEU president Roy Brown was one of the speakers on 6 April at a seminar in Paris entitled "Nous n'avons… Read More