Campaigns / 4 May 2011 IHEU calls for the abolition of Africa’s blasphemy laws The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) to… Read More
Young Humanists International / 27 April 2011 Anti-witchcraft bill gets cabinet nod Mumbai, April 09, 2011 The bill to eradicate black magic (witchcraft) and inhuman religious practices will soon see the light… Read More
Humanists International News / 13 April 2011 American Humanist conference success More than 450 people attended the 70th Anniversary Conference of the American Humanist Association (AHA), including the leadership of the… 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
Humanists International News / 22 March 2011 IHEU attacks “traditional values” which undermine human rights In a morning-long debate on traditional values at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday 22 March 2011, the Pakistani delegate,… 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
Humanists International News / 22 March 2011 IHEU criticizes Mauritania over slavery and the death penalty for homosexuals The friends of Mauritania, mostly Islamic states, who spoke in an hour-long debate in the Human Rights Council Friday, 18… Read More
Members and partners / 17 March 2011 Humanists welcome same sex partnership law on the Isle of Man The Isle of Man, home to the world's oldest parliament, is now the newest country to grant same-sex couples the… Read More
Humanists International News / 16 March 2011 IHEU again calls Holy See to account at UN With the recent discovery of new evidence that the Vatican ordered Catholic bishops not to cooperate with the civil authorities… Read More
Humanists International News / 16 March 2011 Do Islamic states really care about incitement to hatred and violence? In a joint statement by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and Centre for Inquiry (CFI) at the UN… Read More
Humanists International News / 14 March 2011 IHEU collaborates with Center for Inquiry on attack on blasphemy laws at UN When IHEU were prevented on a technicality from delivering a speech on blasphemy and violence in the name of religion at… Read More