IHEU calls on religious leaders to condemn violence, again and again and again…
Speaking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva today (12 September 2011), IHEU representative Hannah Bock called on religious leaders…
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Irish PM condemns the Vatican for ‘managing’ “the rape and torture of children” FR
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has gained an unexpected ally in its criticism of the Roman Catholic Church’s…
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Corruption and human rights
International Humanist and Ethical Union UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: 16th Session (28 February to 25 March 2011) Item 2, Reports…
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Gay Humanists welcome United Nations resolution
The UK gay Humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has warmly welcomed the UN Human Rights Council resolution on…
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Resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council 16/18
12 April 2011 Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against, persons based…
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Grayling named president of British Humanist Association
A. C. Grayling, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) representative to the UN Human Rights Council, has been appointed the…
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Don’t mention the caste system!
In October 2010, the UN Human Rights Council working group on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Program of…
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IHEU attacks “traditional values” which undermine human rights
In a morning-long debate on traditional values at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday 22 March 2011, the Pakistani delegate,…
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Victory in sight on defamation of religion?
In what looks like a major climb down on the part of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) this…
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IHEU criticizes Mauritania over slavery and the death penalty for homosexuals
The friends of Mauritania, mostly Islamic states, who spoke in an hour-long debate in the Human Rights Council Friday, 18…
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IHEU again calls Holy See to account at UN
With the recent discovery of new evidence that the Vatican ordered Catholic bishops not to cooperate with the civil authorities…
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