Policy / 1978 / London, United Kingdom / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Limiting population growth A major cause of oppression and rigidity of human organisation, of the exhaustion of valuable mineral resources and of fossil… Read More
Policy / 1952 / Amsterdam, Netherlands / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Family planning The congress recognising the world-wide population problem as a common concern of mankind and of continuing importance to humanist and… Read More
Policy / 1970 / Board of Directors / Pending Review Population control, family planning and abortion The International Humanist & Ethical Union views with alarm the continuing increase in world population and recognises this as one… Read More
Policy / 1988 / Buffalo, United States of America / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Nuclear test banning We, participants of the Tenth Humanist World Congress of the International Humanist & Ethical Union, who have assembled at Buffalo,… Read More
Policy / 1986 / Oslo, Norway / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Nuclear weapons The 1986 Humanist World Congress commemorates the tens of thousands of victims of the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6th… Read More
Policy / 1965 / Board of Directors / Pending Review Disarmament The Board of Directors of the International Humanist & Ethical Union: Expresses the opinion that there exists the possibility of… Read More
Policy / 1983 / Board of Directors / Pending Review IHEU statement on nuclear armament The advancement of a just and peaceful society is one of the main objectives of the International Humanist & Ethical… Read More
Policy / 1988 / Board of Directors / Pending Review Minorities The International Humanist & Ethical Union, Having regard to its resolution supporting the work of the United Nations and considering… Read More
Policy / 1978 / London, United Kingdom / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Neo-fascism We note with anxiety the growth of neo-fascism in Europe and the USA. As in the ’20s and ’30s of… Read More
Policy / 1993 / Board of Directors / Pending Review All forms of xenophobia, discrimination, racism and especially “ethnic cleansing” Referring to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Referring to international law and more particularly to the two Covenants: on… Read More
Policy / 1973 / Executive Committee / Pending Review The decade for the elimination of racism On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the IHEU commits itself, once again,… Read More