16 September 2007 NGOs gagged again at UN Human Rights Council IHEU was prevented from speaking this week following the Special Rapporteur on Racism, Doudou Diene's report on "Islamophobia". Only four… Read More
15 September 2007 IHEU speaks out on freedom of religion and freedom of expression at the UN Human Rights Council In the "interactive dialogue" following a presentation on Freedom of Religion or Belief by Special Rapporteur, Asma Jahangir, IHEU defended… Read More
Campaigns / 30 August 2007 IHEU appeals to UN again: condemn calls to kill in the name of god IHEU has appealed to the United Nations Council on Human Rights, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN High Commissioner Louise… Read More
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