UN Human Rights Council

Following a campaign by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and other human rights supporters, the Islamic Republic of…

Update: Iran has withdrawn its candidacy. IHEU President Sonja Eggerickx today launched an international appeal to keep Iran out of…

On 25 March, in the closest vote yet on "Combating Defamation of Religion", the UN Human Rights Council adopted the…

Speaking at the United Nations today, 23 March 2010, IHEU representative Roy Brown called on the UN Human Rights Council…

One of the most important innovations of the Human Rights Council in 2006 was the creation of a process under…

Legal and diplomatic condemnations of Iran by UN Member States In March 2010, the Federal Court of Switzerland, the country’s…

Geneva, March 16, 2010 -- The Vatican’s record on child abuse was criticized today at the United Nations Human Rights…

In a joint statement with two other NGOs at the UN Human Rights Council on 12 March, IHEU exposed the…

IHEU has spoken out at the United Nations against the harassment of its International Representative Leo Igwe in Nigeria, and…

The appalling lack of human rights in even the most liberal of Islamic States was highlighted this week when Qatar…

On 22 September, speaking in the plenary of the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU),…