28 April 2009 Something Rotten in the State of Geneva The controversy of the Durban Review Conference has betrayed a new fear of freedom of expression. By Sophie Erskine, representative… Read More
10 April 2009 Putting non-believers on the agenda at the Durban Review Conference Roy Brown reports: Work progresses slowly, line by line, on the final outcome document of the Durban Review Conference against… Read More
2 April 2009 The Economist highlights IHEU role in defending freedom of expression The Economist has featured IHEU's spirited defence of freedom of expression at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.… Read More
Campaigns / 26 March 2009 Human Rights Council Resolution “Combating Defamation of Religion” More than 200 civil society organizations from 46 countries, including Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Secular, Humanist and Atheist groups, have endorsed… Read More
22 March 2009 An urgent appeal to Humanist organizations: support freedom of expression, oppose “defamation of religions” In conjunction with Freedom House, UN Watch and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, IHEU is seeking Humanist orgnizations' support… Read More
17 March 2009 IHEU speaks out at the UN Human Rights Council In a series of statements to the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU has repeated its opposition to the concept of… Read More
13 March 2009 UN publishes IHEU statment: child marriage is child abuse In a new written statement to the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU has called the continuation of child marriage, 55… Read More
13 March 2009 UN celebrates 20 years of children’s rights Sophie Erskine, IHEU's new intern at the UN Human Rights Council, reports on the annual full-day debate on the Rights… Read More
12 March 2009 IHEU at the UN, New York: World Day of Social Justice and the economic crisis The extraordinarily timely World Day of Social Justice recently established by the UN builds on the idea expressed byh Adam… Read More
18 February 2009 The West standing firm on Freedom of Expression In the run-up to the UN conference on Racism (The Durban Review Conference) to be held in Geneva in April,… Read More
29 January 2009 IHEU publishes hard-hitting UN briefing notes IHEU's team at the UN in Geneva has been busy trying to bring Humanist wording to the upcoming Durban II… Read More