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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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U.S. District Court allows voting in churches
The Appignani Humanist Legal Center (AHLC) has lost its test case on separation of church and state in United States…
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IHEU: ‘Combating Defamation of Religion’ unnecessary, flawed and morally wrong
In its submission on Combating Defamation of Religions to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva…
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Council of Europe backs separation of religion and state
Following discussions to which IHEU representatives contributed, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has strongly supported the separation…
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Humanist leaders meet President of European Parliament
MEPs and representatives of NGOs including IHEU, the National Secular Society and the European Humanist Federation made up a large…
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Council of Europe rejects report calling creationism “dangerous” and a “threat to human rights”
The European Council Committee on Culture, Science and Education has rejected a draft report saying that “creationism” and its biblically…
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