Members and partners / 11 July 2009 Symposium in Nigeria: Witchcraft and Child Rights Date Wednesday July 29 2009 10.00 am Venue Cross River State Library, Calabar Cross River State, Nigeria Guest Speakers from… 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
Campaigns / 12 March 2009 IHEU condemns child marriage and executions of children IHEU has strongly condemned the execution of children in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and Pakistan and the practice of… Read More
11 March 2008 The Arab Charter on Human Rights is incompatible with international standards – Louise Arbour The “Arab Charter on Human Rights” came into force on 30 January 2008. In response, the High Commissioner for Human… Read More
8 March 2008 Obstetric fistula: a dire consequence of child marriage "The Impact of Obstetric Fistulas on Economic Empowerment” was the title of a topic dissected by a unique panel discussion… Read More
Campaigns / 23 May 2007 UN publishes IHEU submissions on Dalit rights and child marriage The United Nations Human Rights Council has published two IHEU submissions on Dalit rights and child marriage: Dalits, the Caste… Read More
Campaigns / 23 April 2007 Child Marriage: A Violation of Human Rights In collaboration with the World Population Foundation, IHEU has launched a joint campaign against the horror of child marriage, a… 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
9 November 2006 Human Rights Day – 10 December 2006 Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948… Read More
19 August 2006 On a Communitarian Ethos, Equality and Human Rights in Africa 1 Introduction In this paper I shall look at the communitarians’ accounts of human rights in Africa as conceived by… Read More