Advocacy News / 24 March 2023 Humanists International calls out Greece at UN for hostile treatment of Human Rights Defenders In a statement at the UN, Humanists International has spoken out in defence of Greek human rights defender, Panayote Dimitras,… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2023 / Greece / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention / Call for Greece to protect human rights defenders and drop charges against Panayote Dimitras ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International UN Human Rights Council, 52nd session (27 February – 4 April 2023) General Debate Item 4… Read More
Advocacy News / 16 March 2023 At UN, Humanists International calls out misuse of FoRB by anti-rights actors The statement was delivered during a dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Dr. Nazila Ghanea,… Read More
Advocacy News / 10 February 2023 At European Parliament, Italian humanists condemn rise of religious nationalism In January, Adele Orioli, Director of Advocacy at the UAAR, spoke at an event on the topic of “liberal democracy”,… Read More
Advocacy News / 2 February 2023 Humanists International members participate in third annual UPR workshop During the training, 21 participants from 12 member organizations learned about how to engage effectively with the process. Read More
Members and partners / 19 December 2022 European Humanist Federation dissolves The cooperation between European humanists, agnostics, and atheists will continue in Humanists International. Read More
Advocacy News / 24 November 2022 Iran: UN votes to establish fact finding mission to document abuses related to repression of protests In support of the resolution, Humanists International argued that "State violence in Iran is enabled by institutionalized impunity for mass… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2022 / Iran / UN Human Rights Council / Urgent Debate / Statement during special session on Iran International Humanist and Ethical Union Oral Statement UN Human Rights Council 35th Special Session: The deteriorating situation of human rights… Read More
Humanists At Risk / 16 November 2022 Maldives: UN experts express concern for Rusthum Russo Four UN experts have written to express their concerns about the judicial harassment of Maldivian activist Rusthum Russo Read More
Humanists International event / 01 December 22 - 01 December 22 Article 17 Dialogue Event – the Freedom of Thought Report 2022 Read More
Advocacy News / 25 October 2022 Humanists Barbados highlights slow progress on human rights commitments in UN report The report addresses issues including the abolition of the death penalty, LGBTI+ rights, gender equality, and the right of freedom… Read More