General news / 4 July 2019 Humanists International calls for renewed support of LGBTI Rights UN expert Humanists International has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the role responsible for monitoring… Read More
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