Humanists International News / 5 March 2012 IHEU speaks for disabled English and French versions of this statement are available here: http://www.iheu.org/iheu-speaks-un-disabled Read More
Humanists International News / 2 March 2012 IHEU speaks at the UN for the disabled In a speech to the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 1 March 2012, IHEU representative Hannah… Read More
Humanists International News / 7 October 2011 IHEU questions the need for “complementary standards” on freedom of expression The 57 Islamic States and their allies have for several years been pushing the Human Rights Council to tighten international… Read More
Humanists International News / 23 March 2011 Don’t mention the caste system! In October 2010, the UN Human Rights Council working group on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Program of… Read More
22 March 2011 Victory in sight on defamation of religion? In what looks like a major climb down on the part of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) this… Read More
Members and partners / 25 June 2010 Hundreds join London protest against religious laws Several hundred people joined One Law for All on 20 June at Downing Street to show their opposition to Sharia… Read More
17 June 2010 Challenging “Untouchability” in Nigeria Discrimination against "untouchable castes" afflicts nearly quarter of a billion people around the world. Although many people assume "untouchability" is… Read More
15 June 2010 Slavery and Non-belief In a statement to the Human Rights Council today, 15 June 2010, IHEU Main Representative, Roy Brown, protested against discrimination… Read More
Campaigns / 3 March 2010 UK House of Lords adopts measure against caste discrimination Following intensive lobbying by the National Secular Society (NSS, an IHEU member organization), the UK’s House of Lords on 2… Read More
Members and partners / 28 June 2009 Australian Humanists of the Year honoured for protecting human rights of asylum seekers Julian Burnside, QC, barrister and Kate Durham, artist have been honoured for assisting asylum seekers redress infringements to their human… Read More
18 June 2009 UN begins to move on caste discrimination Caste discrimination “clealy falls within my mandate” claimed the newly-appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Mr Mugai, speaking on 16… Read More