Advocacy Statement / 2016 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action / On nationalism and the scapegoating of minorities ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31st Session (29th February – 24th March 2016) General… Read More
23 March 2016 These five countries are trying to delete “human rights defenders” from the UN resolution on protecting human rights defenders Update 24 March: See the end of this post for results… A vital motion to be considered by the UN Human Rights Council,… Read More
Publications / 23 March 2016 Council of Europe extremism debate highlights IHEU Freedom of Thought Report A submission made on behalf of twenty-two international non-government organizations (INGOs) for a debate at the Council of Europe features the work… Read More
Advocacy News / 21 March 2016 IHEU urges more to be done to combat harmful and exclusionary ideology of populist nationalism On International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the… Read More
Advocacy News / 21 March 2016 IHEU calls on UN to ensure response to Zika includes respecting women’s reproductive rights In the wake of the World Health Organisation declaring the Zika virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern last month, the… Read More
Advocacy News / 17 March 2016 IHEU calls on Mauritania to stop harassing anti-slavery activists and abolish apostasy law The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the Mauritanian authorities to cease their harassment, intimidation and ill-treatment… Read More
Advocacy News / 15 March 2016 Jailed and lashed for atheism – At UN, IHEU highlights Saudi and Egypt’s treatment of those with no religion Today at the United Nations Human Rights Council, director of advocacy for the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), Elizabeth… Read More
Advocacy News / 11 March 2016 IHEU calls on UN to reinforce human rights mechanisms protecting LGBTI people and SRHR Today at the United Nations, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, again called on the… Read More
General news / 11 March 2016 “A long kiss goodbye” As a delegate of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) at the United Nations over a 12 year period, former Head… Read More
Advocacy News / 9 March 2016 IHEU urges UN to lead the way in combatting violence against children During her first intervention at the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s… Read More
General news / 9 March 2016 Role of secularism must not be overlooked in human rights The principles of political secularism must not be overlooked as a factor is promoting democracy and human rights, a meeting… Read More