Media / 13 May 2010 Freedom of Conscience and religious persecution in Africa Leo Igwe, IHEU’s representative for West Africa, spoke about Freedom of Conscience and Religious Persecution in Africa at the 47th… Read More
3 May 2010 Asma Jahangir bids farewell to UN NGOs Asma Jahangir has served as UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief since 2004. She retires from her… Read More
Campaigns / 2 May 2010 IHEU at UK Foreign Office IHEU’s Geneva team was invited to the UK Foreign Office on 28 April 2010 to report on IHEU's activities at… Read More
30 April 2010 From the UN: World Press Freedom Day, May 3 Five journalists were assassinated in Honduras last month, all in drive-by shootings. In a wave of drug-related violence in the… Read More
Campaigns / 27 April 2010 IHEU welcomes Iran’s withdrawal from UN Human Rights role Following a campaign by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and other human rights supporters, the Islamic Republic of… Read More
15 April 2010 Report from the UN: water, sanitation and the UN There are about a billion people without clean water and 2.5 billion without adequate sanitation. This silent humanitarian disaster is… Read More
Campaigns / 1 April 2010 Keep Iran out of the UN Human Rights Council Update: Iran has withdrawn its candidacy. IHEU President Sonja Eggerickx today launched an international appeal to keep Iran out of… Read More
25 March 2010 Gap closing on “Defamation of Religion” On 25 March, in the closest vote yet on "Combating Defamation of Religion", the UN Human Rights Council adopted the… Read More
Media / 23 March 2010 IHEU statement on “Restrictions on and defamation of religion” Speaking at the United Nations today, 23 March 2010, IHEU representative Roy Brown called on the UN Human Rights Council… Read More
21 March 2010 IHEU criticises abuse of the UN periodic review process One of the most important innovations of the Human Rights Council in 2006 was the creation of a process under… Read More
Action Alert / 19 March 2010 IHEU calls for Member States of the United Nations to reject the candidacy of Iran to the Human Rights Council Legal and diplomatic condemnations of Iran by UN Member States In March 2010, the Federal Court of Switzerland, the country’s… Read More