17 June 2008 IHEU speaks out for rights of women In a statement delivered to the UN Human Rights Council on 17 June 2008, IHEU has urged greater empowerment of… Read More
15 June 2008 World Association of Newspapers condemns UN Human Rights Council on freedom of expression The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and World Editors Forum has condemned the UN Human Rights Council’s repeated efforts to… Read More
11 June 2008 United States to quit UN Human Rights Council The United States is to leave the UN Human Rights Council Read More
29 May 2008 Only 22 of UN Human Rights Council’s 47 seats are held by free countries Keith Porteous Wood writes: The stranglehold of oppressive countries over the United Nations Human Rights Council has slightly intensified as… Read More
27 May 2008 IHEU supports WUPJ at UN Human Rights Council IHEU has written to the Chairman of the UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations in support of its fellow NGO, the… Read More
18 April 2008 IHEU and NSS sound the alarm on freedom of expression at the UN At the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday, 15 April, states belonging to the Organisation of Islamic Conference… Read More
10 April 2008 EHF appeal to European President Barroso The European Humanist Federation has written to the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, to ask whether the… Read More
30 March 2008 Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Rights For the past eleven years the organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), representing the 57 Islamic States, has been tightening… Read More
26 March 2008 China blocks discussion of Tibet at the Human Rights Council The Chinese delegation to the Human Rights Council succeeded in blocking all criticism of their actions in Tibet by invoking… Read More
21 March 2008 IHEU endorses UN concerns over Indian impunity IHEU has welcomed a final report by the outgoing Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion, warning of the risk of… Read More
16 March 2008 Pakistan: discussion of Shari’a “insulting for our faith” A representative of Pakistan, in an astonishing intervention at the United Nations Human Rights Council, has claimed that "It is… Read More