Policies Archive - Page 6 of 21 - Humanists International

Policy / 1999 / Mumbai, India / General Assembly / Current

Caste System

Humanism requires that nowhere in the world will people be discriminated on the basis of colour, creed, language or religion.…

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,…

Policy / 1999 / Iraq / Mumbai, India / General Assembly / Archived

Iraq (1999-01)

The IHEU commiserates with the suffering of the Iraqi people and deplores the economic sanctions, bombings, and use of depleted…

Policy / 1997 / London, United Kingdom / Board of Directors / Current

Religious abuse of children

Whereas children’s rights have gained official recognition ever since 1990 when the United Nations hosted the World Summit on Children…

Policy / 1996 / General Assembly / Current

IHEU Minimum Statement on Humanism

Any organisation wishing to become a member of IHEU is now obliged to signify its acceptance of this statement: “Humanism…

Policy / 1994 / Germany / Board of Directors / Archived

Proposed reference to God in the constitutions or the preamble to the constitutions of the German Federal republic and others (1994)

The references to God proposed for inclusions in the preamble to the new constitutions for the German Federal Republic and…

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…

Policy / 1993 / Board of Directors / Archived

Destructive cults and sects

The following resolution was rescinded by the IHEU General Assembly on 8 June 2008 and is therefore no longer in…

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…

Policy / 1993 / Board of Directors / Current

Any Kind of Racism and Nazism

In the wake of great political upheavals in Europe, as well as overpopulation and oppression in many countries in the…

Policy / 1993 / Board of Directors / Current

Genital mutilation of females

The International Humanist & Ethical Union Noting that the United Nations in its charter declares the dignity and worth of…

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