Advocacy News / 19 June 2017 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… Read More
General news / 26 April 2017 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… Read More
Advocacy News / 20 March 2017 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… Read More
Advocacy News / 16 March 2017 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… Read More
General news / 21 February 2017 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… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Paraguay / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / 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 –… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Vatican City / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights / 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… Read More
Advocacy News / 26 September 2016 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… Read More
General news / 25 August 2016 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… Read More
Advocacy News / 23 June 2016 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… Read More
Advocacy News / 20 June 2016 Religious doctrine can never trump equality and rights of women, says IHEU to UN “Religious doctrine and the right to freedom of religion or belief should never be put before the rights of women… Read More