UPR Statement on Guatemala
International Humanist and Ethical Union 37th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (26 February to 23 March 2018) UPR:…
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IHEU and coalition of NGOs highlight concerns about ‘Protection of the Family’ resolution at UN
In conjunction with a number of human rights NGOs, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on UN Human…
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Saudi place on UN women’s rights commission “brings our valuable international institutions into disrepute” – IHEU
Saudi Arabia, one of the worst states in the world for the rights of women, has been elected to a UN Commission…
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IHEU calls for end to laws that allow rapists to avoid jail by marrying their victims
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has today, at the UN Human Rights Council, called for the abolition of…
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Child sacrifice, LGBTI discrimination, maternal mortality: Uganda’s human rights record
Child sacrifice, discrimination against LGBTI people, high maternal mortality and hostility to NGOs. These were four key concerns highlighted by…
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Banned from Iranian national chess team, Dorsa and Borna are “true champions” says IHEU
Two young chess champions have been banned from representing the national team of their home country, Iran. Dorsa Derakhshani was…
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UPR statement on Paraguay
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 32nd Session (13th June – 1st July 2016) Universal Periodic Review –…
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Religious doctrine and the denial of SRHR
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 32nd Session (13th June – 1st July 2016) General…
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IHEU highlights persecution of Dalits in climate of Hindu nationalism
During a debate on racism and discrimination at the UN Human Rights Council, Swati Kamble a Dalit woman representing the…
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This is not our secularism / Ce n’est pas notre laïcité
French translation below Statement from the offices of Humanists International on the “burkini ban” now being enforced in parts of…
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At UN, IHEU highlights Paraguay’s “cruel laws and culture surrounding reproductive rights and child abuse”
Today at the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) used a review of Paraguay’s human…
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