16 March 2008 Video of UN “ambush” now available A video of the "ambush" of IHEU at last week's session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is now… Read More
14 March 2008 IHEU “ambushed” at Human Rights Council In a follow-up to IHEU’s written statement to the UN Human Rights Council describing Islamic efforts to undermine the Universal… Read More
13 March 2008 IHEU in the news at the UN Reuters, Yahoo! and a number of other news channels have picked up the story of IHEU's statement to the UN… Read More
12 March 2008 IHEU meets UN Special Rapporteur in India IHEU has used a meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Asma Jahangir to highlight human… Read More
11 March 2008 The Arab Charter on Human Rights is incompatible with international standards – Louise Arbour The “Arab Charter on Human Rights” came into force on 30 January 2008. In response, the High Commissioner for Human… Read More
10 March 2008 UN Special Rapporteur defends freedom of expression The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Ambeyi Ligabo, has submitted an important report to the UN… Read More
10 March 2008 Islamic Law vs Human Rights IHEU has responded to claims that the “Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam” is “not an alternative” to the… Read More
3 March 2008 Petition for defence of individual rights at the UN Human Rights Council The International League Against Racism and Antisemitism has launched a petition calling on democracies to defend the freedom of the… Read More
Humanists International News / 3 January 2008 IHEU pleads for action on Darfur On the afternoon of Tuesday 11th December, in a joint statement with four other NGOs, IHEU made a plea to… Read More
3 January 2008 Universality of Human Rights under attack at the UN The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) representing the 56 Islamic States renewed its attack on the Universality of Human… Read More
27 December 2007 Primacy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights IHEU and the World Council for Progressive Judaism have written to the UN Commissioner for Human Rights asking for a… Read More