Advocacy News / 29 June 2016 UN must “recognise the pernicious nature and illegal status of blasphemy laws” says IHEU The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has once again reiterated to the UN Human Rights Council that anti-blasphemy laws… Read More
Advocacy News / 29 June 2016 IHEU and IDSN call on India to protect Dalit rights and civil society space The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), in association with International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) has called on India to… Read More
Advocacy News / 24 June 2016 At UN, IHEU and Danish Humanist Society call on Denmark to abolish blasphemy law Humanists told the UN Human Rights Council this morning that “the state-church institution is fundamentally unfair” in Denmark as elsewhere,… Read More
Advocacy News / 23 June 2016 At UN, IHEU highlights Paraguay’s “cruel laws and culture surrounding reproductive rights and child abuse” Today at the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) used a review of Paraguay’s human… Read More
Advocacy News / 22 June 2016 IHEU reads poem banned in Saudi for ‘apostasy’ to delegates at UN Today at the United Nations, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU) director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, read out a poem that… Read More
Advocacy News / 20 June 2016 Religious doctrine can never trump equality and rights of women, says IHEU to UN “Religious doctrine and the right to freedom of religion or belief should never be put before the rights of women… Read More
Advocacy News / 14 June 2016 IHEU calls on UN to protect human rights defenders On the first day of the 32nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union… Read More
Campaigns / 3 June 2016 Humanists to Greece: It is past time to abolish “blasphemy” law Consecutive Greek governments have pledged to reassess or abolish the country’s outdated “blasphemy” laws but have failed to achieve any progress, campaigners have… Read More
Advocacy blog / 30 March 2016 / Elizabeth O'Casey “Tense Times”: Freedom of Expression and Religion or Belief at the UN IHEU director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, reflects on the relationship between the rights to expression and religion or belief and… Read More
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