UN passes historic resolution calling for Independent Expert on LGBTI rights
In an historic move, the United Nations has adopted a resolution to appoint the first Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation…
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UN must “recognise the pernicious nature and illegal status of blasphemy laws” says IHEU
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has once again reiterated to the UN Human Rights Council that anti-blasphemy laws…
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IHEU and IDSN call on India to protect Dalit rights and civil society space
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), in association with International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) has called on India to…
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At UN, IHEU and Danish Humanist Society call on Denmark to abolish blasphemy law
Humanists told the UN Human Rights Council this morning that “the state-church institution is fundamentally unfair” in Denmark as elsewhere,…
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At UN, IHEU highlights Paraguay’s “cruel laws and culture surrounding reproductive rights and child abuse”
Today at the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) used a review of Paraguay’s human…
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IHEU reads poem banned in Saudi for ‘apostasy’ to delegates at UN
Today at the United Nations, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU) director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, read out a poem that…
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Religious doctrine can never trump equality and rights of women, says IHEU to UN
“Religious doctrine and the right to freedom of religion or belief should never be put before the rights of women…
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IHEU calls on UN to protect human rights defenders
On the first day of the 32nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union…
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IHEU urges more to be done to combat harmful and exclusionary ideology of populist nationalism
On International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the…
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IHEU calls on UN to ensure response to Zika includes respecting women’s reproductive rights
In the wake of the World Health Organisation declaring the Zika virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern last month, the…
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IHEU calls on Mauritania to stop harassing anti-slavery activists and abolish apostasy law
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the Mauritanian authorities to cease their harassment, intimidation and ill-treatment…
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