Advocacy Statement / 2015 / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights / Discriminatory practices based on culture, religion and tradition International Humanist and Ethical Union United Nations Human Rights Council, 29th Session (15th June – 3rd July 2015) Interactive Dialogue… Read More
Advocacy News / 1 October 2015 IHEU calls for strong universalism from UN, in face of ISIS brutality In its final statement at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union… Read More
Advocacy News / 30 September 2015 Criticism of Islamic tenets not the same as Islamophobia, argues IHEU During a debate on racism at the UN Human Rights Council, International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) representative, Kacem El… Read More
Advocacy News / 28 September 2015 On Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, IHEU calls on UN to protect SRHR of all Today, on the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, the International Humanist and Ethical Union… Read More
Advocacy News / 22 September 2015 IHEU calls out Russia at UN on its treatment of civil society The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has highlighted the increasingly grave situation for civil society in Russia, including for… Read More
Advocacy blog / 18 September 2015 / Elizabeth O'Casey Free speech, a muted Council, and the dubious weapon of offence From the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU's head of delegation, Elizabeth O’Casey, discusses some of the… Read More
Advocacy News / 18 September 2015 “Human Rights need Secularism” argues the IHEU at the UN During her first statement at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU)… Read More
Advocacy News / 15 July 2015 IHEU discusses ‘Right to Life’ with UN Human Rights Committee At the United Nations in Geneva, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has urged the UN Human Rights Committee… Read More
Advocacy blog / 7 July 2015 / Elizabeth O'Casey “Cultural practices and religious specificities” at the Human Rights Council The IHEU’s head of delegation to Geneva, Elizabeth O’Casey, blogs on her reflections after the closing of the June 2015 session… Read More
Advocacy News / 2 July 2015 At Human Rights Council, IHEU raises plight of Bangladeshi Atheist bloggers The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the Bangladesh Government to take urgent action to protect the… Read More
Advocacy News / 2 July 2015 Police brutality and racism in American criminal justice system highlighted by IHEU In the wake of the white supremacist killing of nine African-Americans in Charleston, and the fatal shootings of four unarmed… Read More