IHEU Representative elected president of UN committee
Matt Cherry, international representative for the International Humanist and Ethical Union, was elected president of the United Nations NGO (Non-Governmental…
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State and Church move towards greater separation in Norway
On May 21st, Church and State moved a little further apart in Norway. The reality is not as dramatic as…
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IHEU takes part in Sikh global human rights conference
Matt Cherry represented the International Humanist and Ethical Union at the Fourth Annual Global Sikh Civil and Human Rights Conference…
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Humanists call for a secular constitution for Malta
The Malta Humanist Association (MHA) has launched a campaign calling for Malta to adopt a secular constitution. The campaign comes…
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Holy Redundant! Humanists campaign to remove Bishops from UK Parliament
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has today launched a campaign to remove reserved seats for the Bishops from the House…
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IHEU Rep speaks on future of blasphemy at the UN
On March 29th the NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion and Belief, NY, and the NGO Committee on Human Rights,…
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Can We Talk About This?
Following a tour that began in Sydney, Australia last September, an extraordinary theatre production called “Can We Talk About This?”…
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IHEU Hosts UN Seminar of Religion, Law, Democracy and Human Rights
On 14 March 2012 at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, in conjunction with the…
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Plea to the Islamic States to do more to promote religious tolerance
In a joint statement with the Center for Inquiry today (14 March 2012) IHEU representative Raheel Raza, herself a Muslim…
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IHEU attacks the Islamic States on Freedom of Religion
Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, who was a guest speaker at the…
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American Humanists challenge “God” in Pledge of Allegiance
Yesterday, February 13 2012, the American Humanist Association argued in Massachusetts Superior Court that the state’s constitutional equal rights amendment…
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