17 March 2014 Instead of ending slavery, Mauritania is harassing anti-slavery campaigners The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has spoken out about slavery in Mauritania on several occasions at the United… Read More
General news / 12 March 2014 Humanists at the UN defend freedom of thought for the non-religious The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is taking part again this year at the United Nations Human Rights Council… Read More
Campaigns / 2 December 2013 IHEU Partner Wins UN Human Rights Prize A partner of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) in campaigning against slavery has been awarded the 2013 United… Read More
14 November 2013 The Human Rights Council: “a parody of itself” The International Humanist and Ethical Union’s main representative at Geneva, Roy Brown, laments another controversial election to the UN Human… Read More
Members and partners / 26 September 2013 Humanists speak out on the appalling practice and consequences of child marriage Speaking for the British Humanist Association at the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council this week (Monday 24… Read More
25 September 2013 IHEU calls for a new focus on racism International bodies are prone to treating racism as a largely “western” phenomenon, sometimes ignoring the continuation of racially based discrimination… Read More
25 September 2013 IHEU criticises India for ongoing failure to investigate atrocities against Dalits Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today (24 September 2013) IHEU Main Representative Roy Brown criticised India… Read More
Media / 18 September 2013 Humanists speak out on Syria Raheel Raza, speaking for Center for Inquiry, made the first speech yesterday morning (17 September 2014) at the 24th Session of… Read More
Media / 18 September 2013 Humanists speak out – in Arabic – at UN IHEU representative Kacem Elghazali speaking in Arabic at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday (17 September 2013) attacked… Read More
Media / 18 September 2013 Humanists attack marital and sexual slavery and the Islamic obsession with Islamophobia On Tuesday 17 September 2013, Amelia Cooper, representing the British Humanist Association at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva,… Read More
Members and partners / 16 September 2013 Human Rights in Mauritania: Slavery, Forced Marriage and Death for Apostasy On 13 September 2013, in collaboration with the anti-slavery association IRA-Mauritanie and Center for Inquiry USA, IHEU hosted a seminar… Read More