22 September 2009 IHEU calls for better education and policing to eliminate witchcraft and witch “cures” in Africa In a joint statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council, IHEU has called on the Council to join the… Read More
22 September 2009 IHEU protests modern slavery in Sudan and Mauritania In a joint statement with the Association for World Education, IHEU has strongly criticised the continuation of chattel slavery affecting… Read More
22 September 2009 IHEU attacks plans for a “Sharia-based” human rights organisation In a speech to the Human Rights Council today (22 September 2009) IHEU main representative Roy Brown attacked plans annnounced… Read More
18 September 2009 UN publishes IHEU statement on child abuse and the Holy See The UN Human Rights Council today published a written statement by IHEU on the role of the Holy See in… Read More
17 September 2009 IHEU attacks religious discrimination and violence at UN [Subtitled video now available] In a speech to the 12th session of the Human Rights Council on 16 September, IHEU… Read More
3 August 2009 IHEU protests attack in Nigeria In a letter sent to the Nigerian High Commission in the UK, IHEU's President Sonja Eggerickx has protested at the… Read More
18 June 2009 IHEU questions Chinese membership of UN Human Rights Council 20 years after Tiananmen Square, IHEU has criticized China's human rights record and urged the international community to consider again… Read More
18 June 2009 UN adopts resolution on preventable maternal mortality The UN Human Rights Council has adopted the attached resolution on Preventable Maternal Mortality. The text of the speech given… Read More
18 June 2009 UN begins to move on caste discrimination Caste discrimination “clealy falls within my mandate” claimed the newly-appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Mr Mugai, speaking on 16… Read More
18 June 2009 IHEU challenges the view that “defamation of religion” is a form of racism On 16 June, during the general debate on racism at the Human Rights Council, the Pakistani delegate Muhammad Saeed Sarwar,… Read More
16 June 2009 IHEU denied the right to speak on Sudan In a travesty of democratic debate, only six non-governmental organizations were allowed to speak in the debate on the Sudan… Read More