UN Human Rights Council Archives - Humanists International

Advocacy News / 4 April 2026

Humanists International warns against regional escalation at the UN, foregrounding human rights concerns

Humanists International has delivered a statement to the UN Human Rights Council urging accountability for the Iranian government's domestic human…

Advocacy Statement / 2026 / Iran / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action /

Human Rights and War in Iran

ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (23rd February – 31st March 2026) Item 9:…

Advocacy News / 2 April 2026

Humanists International warns against “instrumentalization” of religious freedom at the UN

Humanists International has cautioned the UN Human Rights Council that the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is…

Advocacy Statement / 2026 / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action /

Against the instrumentalization of the right to freedom of religion or belief

ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (23rd February – 31st March 2026) Item 8:…

Advocacy News / 19 March 2026

At UN, Türkiye’s “blasphemy” laws under scrutiny

Humanists International and its Member organization, Ateizm Derneği (the Association of Atheism Turkey), have delivered a joint statement to the…

Advocacy Statement / 2026 / Turkey / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention /

Blasphemy Laws in Türkiye

ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (23rd February – 31st March 2026) Item 4:…

Advocacy News / 9 March 2026

At UN, Humanists International highlights risks to children’s’ education rights in conflict

Humanists International has warned the UN Human Rights Council that the education of children in conflict zones is being actively…

Advocacy Statement / 2026 / Afghanistan / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

Children’s Rights in Conflict

Humanists International 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (23 February – 31 March 2026) Annual Full-Day Meeting on…

Advocacy News / 6 March 2026

Humanists International demands environmental accountability for religious landholders at the UN

Humanists International has urged the UN Human Rights Council to address a dangerous accountability gap in global nature conservation, and…

Advocacy Statement / 2026 / Colombia / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

Cultural Rights and Nature

Humanists International 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (23 February – 31 March 2026) Interactive Dialogue: The Special…

Advocacy News / 6 March 2026

Humanists International urges UN to protect the rights of the non-religious in life and death

Humanists International has delivered a statement to the UN Human Rights Council highlighting the pervasive discrimination faced by humanists and…

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