Human rights

In October 2010, the UN Human Rights Council working group on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Program of…

In a morning-long debate on traditional values at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday 22 March 2011, the Pakistani delegate,…

In what looks like a major climb down on the part of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) this…

The friends of Mauritania, mostly Islamic states, who spoke in an hour-long debate in the Human Rights Council Friday, 18…

The Isle of Man, home to the world's oldest parliament, is now the newest country to grant same-sex couples the…

With the recent discovery of new evidence that the Vatican ordered Catholic bishops not to cooperate with the civil authorities…

In a joint statement by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and Centre for Inquiry (CFI) at the UN…

When IHEU were prevented on a technicality from delivering a speech on blasphemy and violence in the name of religion at…

The 2010 Nordic Rainbow Humanists award has gone to secretary general George Thindwa and his colleagues of the Association for…

The Belgian government has honoured International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) president Sonja Eggerickx as an “exceptional woman”. To celebrate…

Today at the United Nations, IHEU focused attention on the connection between corruption and human rights abuses. In a statement…