Conferences / 14 October 2013 World Humanist Congress 2014 The World Humanist Congress, held every three years, is the main event in the calendar of the International Humanist and… Read More
27 September 2013 IHEU objects to Russian court order to destroy the Qu’ran A local court in Russia has ordered the destruction of a translation of the Qu’ran on the grounds of “extremism”.… Read More
Members and partners / 26 September 2013 Humanists speak out on the appalling practice and consequences of child marriage Speaking for the British Humanist Association at the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council this week (Monday 24… Read More
25 September 2013 IHEU calls for a new focus on racism International bodies are prone to treating racism as a largely “western” phenomenon, sometimes ignoring the continuation of racially based discrimination… Read More
25 September 2013 IHEU criticises India for ongoing failure to investigate atrocities against Dalits Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today (24 September 2013) IHEU Main Representative Roy Brown criticised India… Read More
23 September 2013 New report lists recent atrocities against Dalit women and girls A new report lists 101 reported cases of rape, murder and other instances of violence against Dalit women and girls… Read More
Media / 18 September 2013 Humanists speak out on Syria Raheel Raza, speaking for Center for Inquiry, made the first speech yesterday morning (17 September 2014) at the 24th Session of… Read More
Media / 18 September 2013 Humanists speak out – in Arabic – at UN IHEU representative Kacem Elghazali speaking in Arabic at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday (17 September 2013) attacked… Read More
Media / 18 September 2013 Humanists attack marital and sexual slavery and the Islamic obsession with Islamophobia On Tuesday 17 September 2013, Amelia Cooper, representing the British Humanist Association at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva,… Read More
Members and partners / 16 September 2013 Human Rights in Mauritania: Slavery, Forced Marriage and Death for Apostasy On 13 September 2013, in collaboration with the anti-slavery association IRA-Mauritanie and Center for Inquiry USA, IHEU hosted a seminar… Read More
3 September 2013 Syria and the Ethics of Intervention In the wake of chemical weapons attacks on civilians in Syria, there has been much debate about the ethics of… Read More