21 October 2007 IHEU endorses statement to UN on defamation of religion In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, endorsed by IHEU, World Population Foundation representative Diana Brown called on… Read More
13 October 2007 IHEU speaks out at the UN on freedom of religion and freedom of expression Speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council, IHEU has called for a clear distinction to be drawn between protection… Read More
16 September 2007 NGOs gagged again at UN Human Rights Council IHEU was prevented from speaking this week following the Special Rapporteur on Racism, Doudou Diene's report on "Islamophobia". Only four… Read More
Campaigns / 30 August 2007 IHEU appeals to UN again: condemn calls to kill in the name of god IHEU has appealed to the United Nations Council on Human Rights, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN High Commissioner Louise… Read More
23 July 2007 IHEU: ‘Combating Defamation of Religion’ unnecessary, flawed and morally wrong In its submission on Combating Defamation of Religions to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva… Read More
Campaigns / 16 April 2007 The horror of child marriage The oral statement by WPF and IHEU was one of only two during the debate on the rights of the… Read More
2 April 2007 Sins of omission The report (below) on the fourth session of the Human Rights Council that ended on 30 March concentrates on two… Read More
2 April 2007 How the Islamic states dominate the UN Human Rights Council The fourth session of the new Human Rights Council was held in Geneva from 12 to 30 March 2007, but… Read More
16 March 2007 UN report condemns Sudan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams, who led a UN Human Rights Council mission to Darfur but whose team was… Read More
7 February 2007 Female Genital Mutilation The World Health Organisation now estimates that some 130 million women and girls, mainly in Africa, have been subjected to… Read More
Humanists International News / 2 February 2007 32 NGOs Urge High Commissioner Arbour to Rebuke Iran on Holocaust Denial A coalition of leading human rights groups from around the world have called on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights… Read More