The Durban Declaration and cultural rights
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 38th Session (18th June – 6th July 2018) General…
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Freedom of religion or belief: responding to the Holy See
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 37th Session (27th February – 23rd March 2018) General…
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Calling on Mauritania to end the arbitrary detention of Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkheitir
ORAL STATEMENT UN Human Rights Council, 38th Session (18th June – 6th July 2018) General Debate on Item 4: Human…
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IHEU calls on UN to respect the cultural rights of humanists
Humanists have urged the UN Human Rights Council to recognise the individual cultural rights of humanists and freethinkers across the…
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Release Blogger and Scrap Death Penalty law! NGOs urge Mauritania at United Nations
Today on the floor of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a group of ten NGOs jointly called on Mauritania…
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Protect Humanists at Risk crowdfunding campaign launched
To mark World Humanist Day today (21 June), humanist organizations from around the world are backing a crowdfunding campaign to…
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IHEU delivers new training on ‘freedom of religion or belief’ for EU delegates
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has provided human rights training on freedom of religion or belief to members…
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NGOs protest as Mauritania creates “mandatory” death sentence for apostasy and blasphemy
The death sentence will be mandatory for “apostasy” and “blasphemy”-related crimes in Mauritania, under a new law passed by the…
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IHEU raises concerns for Egyptian atheist Sherif Gaber
A prominent Egyptian atheist YouTuber, who has been in hiding from “insult to religion” charges since 2015, has apparently disappeared after…
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IHEU returns to African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
62nd ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS (25 April to 9 May 2018, Nouakchott,…
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It’s time to repeal European Blasphemy Laws, Humanists tell the European Parliament
The International Humanist and Ethical Union has used an annual meeting of non-religious organisations at the European Parliament to call…
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