Equality and discrimination

English and French versions of this statement are available here: http://www.iheu.org/iheu-speaks-un-disabled

In a speech to the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 1 March 2012, IHEU representative Hannah…

The 57 Islamic States and their allies have for several years been pushing the Human Rights Council to tighten international…

In October 2010, the UN Human Rights Council working group on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Program of…

In what looks like a major climb down on the part of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) this…

Several hundred people joined One Law for All on 20 June at Downing Street to show their opposition to Sharia…

Discrimination against "untouchable castes" afflicts nearly quarter of a billion people around the world. Although many people assume "untouchability" is…

In a statement to the Human Rights Council today, 15 June 2010, IHEU Main Representative, Roy Brown, protested against discrimination…

Following intensive lobbying by the National Secular Society (NSS, an IHEU member organization), the UK’s House of Lords on 2…

Julian Burnside, QC, barrister and Kate Durham, artist have been honoured for assisting asylum seekers redress infringements to their human…

Caste discrimination “clealy falls within my mandate” claimed the newly-appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Mr Mugai, speaking on 16…