Campaigns / 26 March 2009 Human Rights Council Resolution “Combating Defamation of Religion” More than 200 civil society organizations from 46 countries, including Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Secular, Humanist and Atheist groups, have endorsed… Read More
18 February 2009 IHEU replies to Benin on Slavery IHEU has responded to the attack on IHEU by the Benin Mission to the UN in Geneva. The response is… Read More
Conferences / 29 January 2009 World Conference on Untouchability – 9-10 June 2009 – London Do you want to know Read More
29 January 2009 IHEU publishes hard-hitting UN briefing notes IHEU's team at the UN in Geneva has been busy trying to bring Humanist wording to the upcoming Durban II… Read More
Campaigns / 27 November 2008 EU Fundamental Rights Agency interim panel Keith Porteous Wood is one of the interim panel of nine to serve as a sounding board when the Fundamental… Read More
8 October 2008 Durban II – a new battlefront opens The second preparatory committee meeting to plan for the 2009 Durban Review Conference on Racism opened this week in Geneva.… Read More
30 September 2008 The OIC’s ideological agenda for Durban II: a modern-day Inquisition My remarks are based on 27 years of researching in the field of international relations and conflicts, and on a… Read More
Campaigns / 26 September 2008 Recognition for the Ainu Japan's parliament has adopted a resolution that, for the first time, formally recognises the Ainu as "an indigenous people with… Read More
Conferences / 25 August 2008 World conference on untouchability – June 2009 – first notice and call for papers Untouchability persists in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Japan and Nigeria. Nearly 250 million persons are directly affected… Read More
Humanists International News / 27 June 2008 Support for IHEU’s work at the UN Human Rights Council Support for and interest in IHEU's work for freedom of expression at the UN has come from many commentators, following… Read More
12 March 2008 IHEU meets UN Special Rapporteur in India IHEU has used a meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Asma Jahangir to highlight human… Read More