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 / 2007 / Board of Directors / Pending Review ‘Child marriage is non-consensual sex’ Mr President, The practice of child marriage has all but disappeared from Western society, but is still all too prevalent… Read More
Policy / 2004 / Board of Directors / Pending Review Abuse of Children in the name of Religion Item 13. Rights of the Child [The words shown in square brackets […] were not spoken] It is with grave… Read More
Policy / Pending Review Violence Against Children (REFERENCED) IHEU Letter to the Independent Expert for the UN Study on Violence Against Children — December 2002 — To: Professor… Read More
Policy / 1992 / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Lesbian and gay rights related with the Vatican pronouncement The International Humanist & Ethical Union Being of the opinion that all people should have the freedom to choose their… Read More
Policy / 1982 / Hanover, Federal Republic of Germany / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Homosexuality The International Humanist & Ethical Union, assembled at its 8th World Congress in Hanover, Federal Republic of Germany, August 1-5,… Read More
Policy / 1999 / Mumbai, India / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people’s interests in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Members of humanist organizations from around the world represented at the Congress/General Assembly of the International Humanist and Ethical Union,… Read More
Policy / 1992 / Poland / Amsterdam, Netherlands / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review The rights of women in Poland We, the members of the International Humanist & Ethical Union, gathered in Congress on the occasion of our fortieth anniversary,… Read More
Policy / 1978 / London, United Kingdom / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Equality for women Cognisant of the world-wide struggle for and value of equality for women, the United Nations, following International Women’s Year, declared… Read More
Policy / 1974 / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Equal chances for women Resolved, that men and women as equal members of the human race, should be given the opportunity to contribute equally… Read More
Policy / 1992 / Amsterdam, Netherlands / World Humanist Congress / Pending Review Women’s rights and the position of women in the IHEU Women’s rights are human issues, affecting all society, both women and men, in all areas of community life: equality in… Read More