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
17 November 2008 Islamic states ban secular and Human Rights websites The Arabic Network for Human Rights reports that the website of Arab Secularists http://www.3almani.org is facing a campaign to block… Read More
15 November 2008 Prof. A. C. Grayling joins IHEU at the Human Rights Council in Geneva A. C. Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College London, is one of Britain's leading technical philosophers with a gift… Read More
10 November 2008 Universal Declaration of Human Rights flies into space 60 years after its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948, the Declaration is ready to… Read More
8 October 2008 Durban II – a new battlefront opens The second preparatory committee meeting to plan for the 2009 Durban Review Conference on Racism opened this week in Geneva.… Read More