Equality and discrimination

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…

On 16 June, during the general debate on racism at the Human Rights Council, the Pakistani delegate Muhammad Saeed Sarwar,…

The first “World Conference on Untouchability” concluded today [10 June 2009] with the launch of a global initiative against caste…

In a new 30-minute film, Swedish film maker Henrik Thome tracks IHEU's International Director Babu Gogineni as he and his…

The BBC has reported on the First World Conference on Untouchability, which opens in London today [9 June 2009]. The…

The first "World Conference on Untouchability" has prompted questions in the House of Commons and the House of Lords about…

In a remarkable document, IHEU and its member organization the National Secular Society have proposed a wide-ranging list of modern-day…

The full programme for IHEU’s World Conference on Untouchability has been published. The conference will be held at the Conway…

Banjul, 14 May 2009 -- Nigeria has urged ACHPR to disregard IHEU's submission about caste-based discrimination in the country. Mrs…

(Pictures added) In IHEU's first statement to the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, meeting in Banjul, The Gambia,…