Advocacy News / 15 June 2017 IHEU puts on record its support for UN LGBTI expert, amidst OIC boycott The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has spoken out in defence of the UN Human Rights Council’s investigation into human… Read More
Advocacy News / 7 June 2017 IHEU to UN: protect human rights activists brave enough to criticise radical Islam The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) made its first statement to the 35th session of the United Nations Human… Read More
Advocacy News / 21 March 2017 Uphold human rights: abolish laws against blasphemy and apostasy globally, IHEU tells UN The IHEU at the UN Human Rights Council has called for global repeal of apostasy and blasphemy laws, which are… Read More
Advocacy News / 20 March 2017 IHEU calls for end to laws that allow rapists to avoid jail by marrying their victims The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has today, at the UN Human Rights Council, called for the abolition of… Read More
Advocacy News / 17 March 2017 Freedom of religion or belief should not be used to discriminate against others, says IHEU to UN High Commissioner During an interactive dialogue with the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, IHEU highlighted how the right to freedom of… Read More
Advocacy News / 16 March 2017 Child sacrifice, LGBTI discrimination, maternal mortality: Uganda’s human rights record Child sacrifice, discrimination against LGBTI people, high maternal mortality and hostility to NGOs. These were four key concerns highlighted by… Read More
Advocacy News / 16 March 2017 At UN, Humanists commend Iceland on abolition of blasphemy law The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) today, in cooperation with member organisation, Sidmennt (the Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association) and partner, European… Read More
Advocacy News / 16 March 2017 IHEU calls on states to stand up for right to artistic expression and scientific enquiry In a discussion of a UN report on the issue of extremism and cultural rights at the UN Human Rights Council… Read More
Advocacy News / 13 March 2017 IHEU calls for abolishment of blasphemy laws during dialogue with UN Special Rapporteur In its first statement at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union… Read More
Advocacy News / 28 September 2016 In wake of Jordanian writer’s murder, IHEU calls for abolition of anti-blasphemy laws On Sunday (25th September), Christian writer and political activist, Nahed Hattar, was murdered on the steps of a law court… Read More
Advocacy News / 26 September 2016 Humanists call on Greece to ban incitement to hatred and abolish blasphemy At the UN a group of humanist NGOs have called on Greece to decriminalise blasphemy in the country and ensure that… Read More