14 March 2008 IHEU “ambushed” at Human Rights Council In a follow-up to IHEU’s written statement to the UN Human Rights Council describing Islamic efforts to undermine the Universal… Read More
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 March 2008 Petition for defence of individual rights at the UN Human Rights Council The International League Against Racism and Antisemitism has launched a petition calling on democracies to defend the freedom of 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
Humanists International News / 24 December 2007 Intersecting Human Rights Crises: Organ Transplantation and Organ Trafficking Ana Lita, Director of the IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics, reports on the panel discussion held in New York City by… Read More
Campaigns / 2 July 2007 Council of Europe rejects report calling creationism “dangerous” and a “threat to human rights” The European Council Committee on Culture, Science and Education has rejected a draft report saying that “creationism” and its biblically… Read More
Campaigns / 23 May 2007 UN publishes IHEU submissions on Dalit rights and child marriage The United Nations Human Rights Council has published two IHEU submissions on Dalit rights and child marriage: Dalits, the Caste… 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
19 August 2006 On a Communitarian Ethos, Equality and Human Rights in Africa 1 Introduction In this paper I shall look at the communitarians’ accounts of human rights in Africa as conceived by… Read More
Campaigns / 27 March 2006 IHEU in last-gasp appeal to Human Rights Commission on freedom of expression With the adoption by the UN General Assembly ealier this month of the resolution creating the new Human Rights Council,… Read More
Campaigns / 12 July 2005 IHEU on effective functioning of human rights In a joint statement with the Association for World Education, Representative David G Littman spoke at the UN Commission on… Read More