Saudi Arabia condemned for promoting extremism and violence
In a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)…
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IHEU: 100 million girls will suffer ‘child marriage’ in the next decade
IHEU has reminded the UN Human Rights Council that 100 million girls will be victims of ‘child marriage’ in the…
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IHEU condemns faith-based violence
States which fail to punish faith-based violence against religious and non-religious minorities, or which legitimize faith-based violence through laws against…
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Population Growth and Sustainable Development
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, took part in the world conference on sustainable development this month…
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India in the Spotlight
It is now three years since I was last in India and I had not realised until today that the…
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IHEU Hosts UN Seminar of Religion, Law, Democracy and Human Rights
On 14 March 2012 at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, in conjunction with the…
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Plea to the Islamic States to do more to promote religious tolerance
In a joint statement with the Center for Inquiry today (14 March 2012) IHEU representative Raheel Raza, herself a Muslim…
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IHEU slams witchcraft belief at the UN
In a speech today (14 March 2012) at the plenary of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, IHEU representative…
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IHEU reminds Human Rights Council of Churches’ failure to protect children
Following a lengthy discussion and debate on the rights of the child at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva…
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IHEU attacks the Islamic States on Freedom of Religion
Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, who was a guest speaker at the…
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IHEU speaks for disabled
English and French versions of this statement are available here: http://www.iheu.org/iheu-speaks-un-disabled
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