IHEU made a series of statements on major issues at the UN Human Rights Council in September 2009.

UN: IHEU calls the Vatican to account over child abuse
The Vatican (known in diplomatic circles at the "Holy See") was accused by IHEU at the UN Human Rights Council today (22 September 2009) of both covering up child abuse and allowing it to continue. The speech by IHEU representative Keith Porteous Wood also drew attention to the failure of the Holy See to comply with its obligations under International Law.
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The UN has also published IHEU's written statement on the subject.

IHEU calls for better education and policing to eliminate witchcraft and witch "cures" in Africa
In a joint statement to the United Nations Human Rights Council, IHEU has called on the Council to join the fight against the twin evils of those practising witchcraft and those claiming to find and "cure" witches in Africa.
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IHEU protests modern slavery in Sudan and Mauritania
In a joint statement with the Association for World Education, IHEU has strongly criticised the continuation of chattel slavery affecting more than 600,000 people in Mauritania and Sudan, exacerbated by weak legislation, corruption and complicity. The statement was made in French to the 12th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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IHEU attacks plans for a "Sharia-based" human rights organisation
In a speech to the Human Rights Council today (22 September 2009) IHEU main representative Roy Brown attacked plans annnounced earlier this year by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to create an "independent, permanent body" to promote human rights in its member states based on the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam". IHEU urged the Human Rights Council and the international community to withhold recognition from "any human rights organisation that fails to recognise either the Universal Declaration or the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights."
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