Humanists International News / 26 September 2011 IHEU condemns Holy See for undermining democracy and human rights Speaking at the 18th session of the UN Human Rights Council on 23 September, IHEU representative Cathy Buchs condemned the… Read More
Campaigns / 22 September 2011 National Secular Society intervention aims to protect UK equality laws from religious onslaught The National Secular Society (NSS), an IHEU member organization, has submitted an intervention with the European Court of Human Rights… Read More
Members and partners / 8 August 2011 Queensland Humanists challenge state money for school chaplains The Humanist Society of Queensland (HSQ), in northeastern Australia, is putting its money where its mouth is by financially supporting… Read More
Members and partners / 8 July 2011 Debating Sharia law in the UK IHEU member organizations One Law for All and the National Secular Society held a successful debate on Islamic law at… Read More
Members and partners / 4 May 2011 American Humanists advocate alternative to National Day of Prayer "The continued government sponsorship of the National Day of Prayer threatens the foundation of church and state separation that this… Read More
Campaigns / 4 May 2011 IHEU calls for the abolition of Africa’s blasphemy laws The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) to… Read More
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