Campaigns / 21 June 2019 Humanists International crowd-funds for persecuted humanists Humanists International has launched a fundraising campaign to support its valuable Protect Humanists at Risk campaign. Read More
General news / 10 May 2019 Humanists at African Commission: “African Values” do not, cannot justify anti-LGBTI discrimination Humanists International has called out Nigeria and other states for denying free expression and other rights to LGBTI African citizens. Read More
General news / 27 March 2019 Italian government supports world congress of homophobic, sexist and anti-abortion fundamentalists What is the World Congress of Families, and how involved is the Italian Government? Read More
Advocacy News / 18 March 2019 Humanists International tells Nigeria: you must protect sexual and non-religious minorities Read More
Campaigns blog / 8 March 2019 / Jessica McDonald Rahaf was not the first woman to flee sexual apartheid – and she won’t be the last Rahaf al-Qunun is singular in her courage and tenacity. Yet she is not the first and will not be the… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2019 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action / Attacks on Dalit Rationalists ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25th February – 22nd March… Read More
Humanists International event / 24 April 19 - 24 April 19 Fundamentalism rising An event to discuss together the rise of Islamist and Hindutva fundamentalism in Bangladesh and India respectively, with a panel… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action / Caste discrimination and the practice of manual scavenging ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 37th Session (27th February – 23rd March 2018) General… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / Ghana / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR statement on Ghana ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 37th Session (27th February – 23rd March 2018) UPR… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / El Salvador / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action / Human rights violations arising from criminalization of abortion ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 38th Session (18th June – 6th July 2018) General… Read More
8 November 2018 NGOs call for release of Mauritanian Blogger still detained a year after court quashed his death sentence The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has joined 31 NGOs in calling on Mauritania to release anti-slavery blogger, Mohamed… Read More