Resolution on racism will not be conflated with “discrimination against any religion
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) played a key role during the last week of the 21st session of the…
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UN accepts IHEU recommendation on preventable maternal mortality
Humanists at the UN have stressed the role of contraception in not only enabling family planning and lowering the rate…
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IHEU slams Islamic States for building an international crisis from nothing
IHEU today received a very warm reception from an especially large number of Member States and UN institutions, as our…
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Iran shamed for new measures denying higher education to women
It may surprise many to learn that the majority of science graduates in Iran are women. But that may be about…
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German court findings against ritual circumcision are not “persecution” and should not be overridden as a reflex
The recent decision by a court in Cologne, Germany that ritual circumcision of boys is harmful, unnecessary, and an attack…
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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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