UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

As a delegate of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) at the United Nations over a 12 year period, former Head…

During her first intervention at the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s…

Representatives from the Vatican have faced tough questions over the Holy See’s record on sexual abuse and other forms of…

A United Nations panel has put pressure on the Vatican to explain its responses to the widespread sexual abuse scandal…

With the recent discovery of new evidence that the Vatican ordered Catholic bishops not to cooperate with the civil authorities…

The disgraceful problem of child witch hunts in Nigeria was addressed for the first time this week by the United…

Since the 1980s, advocates for children have increasingly agreed that children need rights protected by international law. Charity is not…

On 22 September, speaking in the plenary of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU),…

Exercising their right of reply to criticism by IHEU at the Human Rights Council on 22 September, the Holy See…

IHEU Letter to the Independent Expert for the UN Study on Violence Against Children -- December 2002 -- To: Professor…