Advocacy Statement / 2019 / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR Statement on Nigeria (2019) ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25th February – 22nd March… Read More
Policy / 2015 / Manila, Philippines / General Assembly / Current General Statement of Policy The General Assembly adopts the following IHEU General Statement of Policy of the International Humanist and Ethical Union as an… Read More
Policy / 1988 / Board of Directors / Pending Review Declaration of Interdependence: a new Global Ethics Preamble There is a compelling need to define and proclaim a new global ethic for humankind and all other forms… Read More
Policy / 1992 / Amsterdam, Netherlands / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Peace One of the main goals of the International Humanist & Ethical Union is the attempt to establish an honest and… Read More
Policy / Pending Review Democracy [draft by Roy Brown commission] In the absence of any better world to come, human beings have to find ways of achieving the greatest freedom… Read More
Policy / 2010 / Brussels, Belgium / General Assembly / Pending Review Education in Schools Education should fit the individual for life as a full participant in society, and teach self-respect and respect for the… Read More
Policy / Archived World conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (2000-08) The Hon Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10 Dear High Commissioner On… Read More
Policy / 1993 / Yugoslavia (former) / Board of Directors / Archived Yugoslavia and “ethnic cleansing” (1993) The International Humanist and Ethical Union deplores the intense inter-communal hatred and warfare that have been unleashed in the former… Read More
Policy / 1974 / Yugoslavia (former) / Board of Directors / Archived Developments in Yugoslavia (1974) The Marshall Josip Broz Tito, President of the Federal Socialist Republics of Yugoslavia Mr. President, One year ago I wrote… Read More
Policy / 2010 / Brussels, Belgium / General Assembly / Current Education in schools Education should fit the individual for life as a full participant in society, and teach self-respect and respect for the… Read More
Policy / 2011 / Oslo, Norway / World Humanist Congress / Current The Oslo Declaration on Peace The 2011 World Humanist Congress, gathered in Oslo, Norway, on 12-14 August 2011, adopted the following declaration on peace: The… Read More