Advocacy News / 30 May 2024 Humanists International highlights harm of blasphemy laws in submissions to UN Humanists International has highlighted the threat of anti-blasphemy laws and how they infringe on the right to freedom of religion… Read More
Advocacy News / 8 April 2022 UN Suspends Russia from Human Rights Council The United Nations General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia's membership of the UN Human Rights Council, by a two-thirds… Read More
Advocacy News / 11 February 2022 Humanists International joins 349 civil society groups calling for UN to be more open to NGOs A group of NGOs have sent a letter to all UN states urging them to reform the UN Committee on… Read More
Advocacy News / 21 October 2021 Humanists International welcomes UN Report on Freedom of Thought Humanists International has welcomed a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Dr Ahmed Shaheed,… Read More
Advocacy News / 23 October 2020 Human Rights Council elections, FoRB and cultural rights on the agenda at the UN General Assembly States reacted to thematic reports by UN experts, and voted in new members of the Human Rights Council at the… Read More
Humanists International News / 29 October 2018 IHEU launches 2018 Freedom of Thought Report In a world first, a list of the best and worst countries to be an atheist has been published. The… Read More
Advocacy News / 18 September 2018 Stop putting unfit states on the Human Rights Council, coalition tells UN members The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has joined a coalition of NGOs calling on Member States of the United… Read More
Advocacy News / 15 February 2018 Humanists join UN conference to implement plan on ending violence and atrocities The UN is trying to find new ways to prevent religious extremism and violence, and humanists are represented, working right… Read More
31 October 2012 UN debates Freedom of Religion or Belief Britain supports state religions; the Netherlands wants more attention for the rights of atheists; Canada rejects the claim that religions… Read More
Humanists International News / 29 June 2012 IHEU Representative elected president of UN committee Matt Cherry, international representative for the International Humanist and Ethical Union, was elected president of the United Nations NGO (Non-Governmental… Read More
Humanists International News / 2 April 2012 IHEU Rep speaks on future of blasphemy at the UN On March 29th the NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion and Belief, NY, and the NGO Committee on Human Rights,… Read More