Campaigns / 30 July 2007 IHEU represented at African Commission on Human and People’s Rights The emergence of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is one of the greatest developments in the defense, protection and promotion of human… Read More
23 July 2007 IHEU: ‘Combating Defamation of Religion’ unnecessary, flawed and morally wrong In its submission on Combating Defamation of Religions to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva… Read More
12 July 2007 IHEU renews call for action in Darfur IHEU with other NGOs represented at the United Nations has again called for action to resolve the breakdown of the… Read More
Campaigns / 2 July 2007 Council of Europe rejects report calling creationism “dangerous” and a “threat to human rights” The European Council Committee on Culture, Science and Education has rejected a draft report saying that “creationism” and its biblically… Read More
2 July 2007 A Catastrophe for Human Rights Even in his worst nightmares former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan could hardly have dreamed when he called for the… Read More
Campaigns / 16 April 2007 The horror of child marriage The oral statement by WPF and IHEU was one of only two during the debate on the rights of the… Read More
8 April 2007 From Rome to Berlin: still a Vatican Europe IHEU member organization Libre Penséé has issued a statement on the Berlin Declaration, which was signed on 25 March 2007… Read More
2 April 2007 Sins of omission The report (below) on the fourth session of the Human Rights Council that ended on 30 March concentrates on two… Read More
2 April 2007 How the Islamic states dominate the UN Human Rights Council The fourth session of the new Human Rights Council was held in Geneva from 12 to 30 March 2007, but… Read More
16 March 2007 UN report condemns Sudan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams, who led a UN Human Rights Council mission to Darfur but whose team was… Read More
Conferences / 9 February 2007 IHEU-Appignani Bioethics Center UN Panel on HIV/AIDS and female genital mutilation On Wednesday, February 28, 2007 in New York, a panel of bioethicists, physicians and activists will discuss “Health and Empowerment:… Read More