3 March 2008 Petition for defence of individual rights at the UN Human Rights Council The International League Against Racism and Antisemitism has launched a petition calling on democracies to defend the freedom of the… Read More
29 February 2008 Offer from Conscience magazine for IHEU supporters Conscience magazine has offered to send a complimentary copy of its Winter 2007/08 issue to IHEU supporters. Conscience is a… Read More
18 February 2008 Church and State: sever them In a leading article in its latest issue, The Economist has come out for separation of church and state in… Read More
21 January 2008 French member organizations reaffirm secularism principles Following the announcement that Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit France, the French member organizations of IHEU have reaffirmed the… Read More
7 January 2008 The Purple Economy: Supernatural Charities, Tax and the State In a new book, Max Wallace of the Australian National Secular Association argues that democracies should be republics characterized by… Read More
27 December 2007 Primacy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights IHEU and the World Council for Progressive Judaism have written to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights asking for a… Read More
Conferences / 29 November 2007 Religion And Politics In The New Europe Keith Porteous Wood gave the following address on behalf of IHEU and the National Secular Society to the 'Religion And… Read More
Humanists International News / 8 November 2007 IHEU President speaks at world conference on dialogue among religions and civilisations Sonja Eggerickx, President of IHEU, attended and spoke at the World Conference on Dialogue among Religions and Civilizations "The Contribution… Read More
25 October 2007 Excerpt from report to the UN General Assembly regarding non believers UN General Assembly A/62/280 Exerpt from: Interim Report of Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Asma Jahangir. 20… Read More
21 October 2007 IHEU endorses statement to UN on defamation of religion In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, endorsed by IHEU, World Population Foundation representative Diana Brown called on… Read More
15 September 2007 IHEU speaks out on freedom of religion and freedom of expression at the UN Human Rights Council In the "interactive dialogue" following a presentation on Freedom of Religion or Belief by Special Rapporteur, Asma Jahangir, IHEU defended… Read More