Campaigns / 10 June 2009 Global initiative against untouchability launched in London The first “World Conference on Untouchability” concluded today [10 June 2009] with the launch of a global initiative against caste… Read More
Campaigns / 4 June 2009 IHEU and NSS propose work programme to European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights In a remarkable document, IHEU and its member organization the National Secular Society have proposed a wide-ranging list of modern-day… Read More
Conferences / 13 May 2009 First “World Conference on Untouchability” brings activists, experts and political leaders from around the world to London Government representatives, activists and experts from around the world will address the first “World Conference on Untouchability” at Conway Hall… Read More
2 May 2009 How Durban II defeated the extremists but failed to tackle racism The Durban Review Conference on Racism has just finished in Geneva. Roy Brown reviews the results – good, bad and… Read More
1 May 2009 IHEU Geneva seminar on racism “a storming success” On Tuesday 21 April 2009, IHEU chaired a seminar at the Durban Review Conference in Geneva on “Racism – the… 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
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
18 February 2009 IHEU replies to Benin on Slavery IHEU has responded to the attack on IHEU by the Benin Mission to the UN in Geneva. The response is… Read More
Campaigns / 27 November 2008 EU Fundamental Rights Agency interim panel Keith Porteous Wood is one of the interim panel of nine to serve as a sounding board when the Fundamental… Read More
8 October 2008 Durban II – a new battlefront opens The second preparatory committee meeting to plan for the 2009 Durban Review Conference on Racism opened this week in Geneva.… Read More
30 September 2008 The OIC’s ideological agenda for Durban II: a modern-day Inquisition My remarks are based on 27 years of researching in the field of international relations and conflicts, and on a… Read More