17 March 2009 IHEU speaks out at the UN Human Rights Council In a series of statements to the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU has repeated its opposition to the concept of… Read More
13 March 2009 UN publishes IHEU statment: child marriage is child abuse In a new written statement to the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU has called the continuation of child marriage, 55… Read More
13 March 2009 UN celebrates 20 years of children’s rights Sophie Erskine, IHEU's new intern at the UN Human Rights Council, reports on the annual full-day debate on the Rights… Read More
18 February 2009 The West standing firm on Freedom of Expression In the run-up to the UN conference on Racism (The Durban Review Conference) to be held in Geneva in April,… Read More
29 January 2009 IHEU publishes hard-hitting UN briefing notes IHEU's team at the UN in Geneva has been busy trying to bring Humanist wording to the upcoming Durban II… Read More
23 January 2009 IHEU attacked at the UN by the Republic of Benin In response to an IHEU statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva highlighting modern-day slavery in Ivory… Read More
17 December 2008 IHEU welcomes international support for Freedom of Expression On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2008, four of the world's leading experts on freedom of expression issued a joint… Read More
13 December 2008 UN Celebrates 60 years of Human Rights: a personal view I attended the celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Palais des… Read More
12 December 2008 IHEU joins urgent appeal to UN on plight of Iraqi Christians On Human Rights Day, 10 December 2008, in collaboration with two other NGOs, IHEU issued an urgent appeal to the… Read More
11 December 2008 Nobel laureates condemn non-democratic countries for human rights abuses An audience of nearly 1000 – diplomats, NGO representatives, academics and students – descended on the General Assembly Hall at… Read More
11 December 2008 New Report: ‘Human Rights in Crisis’ on 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration UN Watch has released a damning report on the Human Rights Council, "Human Rights in Crisis". The report gives a… Read More