Humanists International News / 22 March 2011 IHEU attacks “traditional values” which undermine human rights In a morning-long debate on traditional values at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday 22 March 2011, the Pakistani delegate,… Read More
22 March 2011 Victory in sight on defamation of religion? In what looks like a major climb down on the part of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) this… Read More
Humanists International News / 22 March 2011 IHEU criticizes Mauritania over slavery and the death penalty for homosexuals The friends of Mauritania, mostly Islamic states, who spoke in an hour-long debate in the Human Rights Council Friday, 18… Read More
Humanists International News / 16 March 2011 IHEU again calls Holy See to account at UN With the recent discovery of new evidence that the Vatican ordered Catholic bishops not to cooperate with the civil authorities… Read More
Humanists International News / 16 March 2011 Do Islamic states really care about incitement to hatred and violence? In a joint statement by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and Centre for Inquiry (CFI) at the UN… Read More
Humanists International News / 14 March 2011 IHEU collaborates with Center for Inquiry on attack on blasphemy laws at UN When IHEU were prevented on a technicality from delivering a speech on blasphemy and violence in the name of religion at… Read More
Members and partners / 18 January 2011 British Humanists praise “victory for equality and liberty”; Christian B&B owners found guilty of discriminating against same-sex couple A landmark UK court judgment, which has found that Christian hotel owners had unlawfully discriminated on grounds of sexual orientation,… Read More
Members and partners / 29 December 2010 Humanists call for UK policy to reflect secular majority The gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has welcomed a new survey showing that a majority of Britons… Read More
Members and partners / 21 December 2010 Working together for secularism: A joint declaration by IHEU’s French member organizations The National Federation of Free Thought (Fédération nationale de la Libre Pensée - FNLP), the National League for Popular Education… Read More
Members and partners / 21 December 2010 Agir ensemble pour la laïcité: Déclaration commune d’associations françaises membres de l’IHEU L Fédération nationale de la Libre Pensée (FNLP), la Ligue de l’Enseignement et pour l’Éducation populaire (LDE), l’Union rationaliste (UR),… Read More
Conferences / 23 November 2010 Conference on Apostasy, Sharia Law and Human Rights, 11 December 2010 To mark International Human Rights Day, the International Humanist and Ethical Union is co-sponsoring an all day conference on “Apostasy,… Read More