Advocacy Statement / 2024 / Afghanistan / UN Human Rights Council / Item 2: Annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights / Repression of Women and Girls in Afghanistan ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (9 September – 11 October 2024) Item 2:… Read More
Advocacy News / 25 July 2024 At UN, Italian humanists spotlight issues of reproductive rights, LGBTI+ rights, and assisted dying In a submission to the UN, Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (UAAR), a Member of Humanists International, has highlighted… Read More
Advocacy News / 26 March 2024 At UN, Humanists call for strengthened access to abortion in Germany In a joint statement made at the UN, Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands and Humanists International have called on Germany to decriminalize… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2024 / Germany / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / Abortion access in Germany in the context of the UPR Humanists International 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (26 February to 5 April 2024) General Debate on Item… Read More
Advocacy News / 27 February 2024 At EU, Humanists International raises concerns about human rights abuses and situation of non-religious in Pakistan At a meeting with the EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Mr. Frans van Daele, Humanists International… Read More
Advocacy News / 20 February 2024 Humanists participate in European Commission’s high-level meeting In a high-level meeting hosted by the European Commission, philosophical and non-confessional leaders from across Europe came together to discuss… Read More
Advocacy News / 10 October 2023 At UN, Humanists urge Barbados to outlaw death penalty and corporal punishment, and improve situation for LGBTI+ persons and women In a statement made at the UN Human Rights Council, Humanists Barbados and Humanists International have jointly called on Barbados… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2023 / Barbados / UN Human Rights Council / Universal Periodic Review / Statement on Barbados’s Universal Periodic Review ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (11 September to 13 October 2023) UPR Outcome… Read More
Advocacy News / 27 June 2023 Humanists International calls out Poland for not guaranteeing access to legal abortion for migrant women In a statement made at the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, Humanists International has called out Poland… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2023 / Poland / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights / Reproductive rights of migrants in Poland ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (19 June 2023 to 14 July 2023) Item… Read More
Advocacy News / 12 May 2023 European Parliament backs EU accession to Istanbul Convention In a historic development, the European Parliament has this week voted in favour of the bloc’s ratification of the Istanbul… Read More