International Humanist and Ethical Union

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International Humanist and Ethical Union
(Humanists International)
purpose Secular humanism , rationalism , atheism , secularism
Seat London
founding August 26, 1952

place Amsterdam
president Andrew Copson
Vice President Anne-France Ketelaer
executive Director Gary McLelland
Members 172 organizations and associations
Organization type Umbrella organization
Website humanists.international

The International Humanist and Ethical Union ( IHEU ;. English International Humanist and Ethical Union ) is one in New York registered non-governmental organization (NGO), and it forms the main organization of over 170 federated, non-religious humanist and secular organizations from almost all countries. Since 2019 it has appeared under the new name as Humanists International . Their symbol is the happy human , which is also used by associated organizations. Andrew Copson has been President of IHEU since 2015 . Member organizations of the IHEU from the German-speaking area include the Humanist Association of Germany and the Humanist Association in Germany, the Freethinker Association of Switzerland and the Humanist Association of Austria . It is based in London .

aims

IHEU's mission is to represent and support non-denominational and non-religious people. The goal is a world in which human rights are respected and everyone can live a dignified life.

Long-term strategic goals of the IHEU include:

  • Promote humanism as a non- theistic approach to life
  • to promote the humanist movement within international communities and organizations
  • the human rights and defend the rights of members
  • to develop and establish humanistic organizations in all parts of the world
  • to build a global and effective organizational structure

To this end, the principles of the Amsterdam Declaration , secularity and freedom of religion and belief are to be promoted. Conferences are held and IHEYO is set up as a humanistic youth organization.

Minimum statement

In 1996 the IHEU passed the Minimum Statement on Humanism at its General Assembly . The recognition of the statement is the minimum requirement for membership in the IHEU:

“Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values ​​in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality. "

“Humanism is a democratic and ethical approach to life that takes the view that [all] people have the right and responsibility to give meaning and form to their own lives. It [= humanism] stands for the building of a more humane society through ethics based on human and natural values ​​in the spirit of reason and the free formation of opinion through human abilities. He is not theistic and does not accept supernatural views of reality. "

Declarations

In 2002, an updated version of the Amsterdam Declaration was adopted, which defines the characteristics of a worldwide understanding of humanism and is supported by all IHEU member organizations.

In 2011 the Oslo Declaration on Peace was adopted, in 2014 the Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression , in 2018 the Auckland Declaration against the Politics of Division and in 2019 the Reykjavík Declaration on the Climate Crisis .

activities

18th World Humanist Congress: Banner

The IHEU advocates freedom of religion and belief as well as the separation between the state and religious institutions and supports World Humanist Day, Darwin Day , HumanLight and Human Rights Day as holidays of the humanist movement.

As a non-governmental organization , the IHEU has a special consultative status with the United Nations , with the Council of Europe it has a general consultative status and it is also an observer of the African Commission on Human Rights and the Rights of the Peoples . It has working relationships with UNESCO .

Until 2011, IHEU published the news magazine International Humanist News three to four times a year , which members receive as a print edition and which is also offered online free of charge in PDF format. In February 2013, the IHEU published a report entitled Freedom of Thought 2012 , which documented discrimination against non-religious people worldwide.

IHEYO

The IHEU maintains the International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization (IHEYO), which sees itself as a liaison organization of associations of humanistic youth organizations. Among other things, the youth organization organizes international encounters between members of the humanistic youth associations in the various countries. In 2013 she supported the organization of the first humanist congress in the Philippines .

The President of IHEYO is Marieke Prien ( Germany ), General Secretary Anton van Dyck ( Netherlands ).

Conferences and meetings

The IHEU has held a World Humanist Congress 19 times so far . The Congress is the largest regular gathering of non-religious people in the world. According to the statute, it should be held at least once every five years, but it has been held every three years for over ten years. The last international congress of the IHEU took place from 8th to 10th August 2014 in Oxford . The 20th Congress was scheduled to take place in São Paulo ( Brazil ) in 2017, but was postponed in February 2017.

Annual general assemblies are held by representatives of the organizations that make up the IHEU.

World Humanist Day

On June 21, 1986, World Humanist Day , which follows on from the astronomical event of the summer solstice , was launched as an international humanistic holiday in Oslo . As a holiday, it is intended to increase public awareness of humanistic ideas and beliefs and to be celebrated in community.

There was a legal equality with the holidays of religious communities for the first time in 2014 in Berlin , where the international humanistic holiday was included in the implementation regulation for school attendance of the Senate Administration. Students who belong to the Humanist Association can take a leave of absence from school on June 21.

Personalities

The chairmen and presidents included Mihailo Marković , Paul Kurtz , Vern Bullough and Levi Fragell, and Roy W. Brown . The first president was Julian Huxley , along with the then elected chairman of the umbrella organization .

Years position People)
1952-1975 Chairman Jaap van Praag  
1975-1979 Chairperson ( Troika ) Piet Thones Mihailo Marković Howard B. Radest
1979-1985 Bert Black
1985-1986 Svetozar Stojanović
1986-1987 Rob Tielman Paul Kurtz
1987-1990 Levi question
1990-1993 Kari Vigeland
1993-1994 Jane Wynne Willson
1994-1995  
1995-1996 Vern Bullough
1996-1998 President  
1998-2003 Levi question
2003-2006 Roy W Brown
2006-2015 Sonja Eggerickx
2015- Andrew Copson

history

The IHEU was founded on August 26, 1952 on the initiative of Julian Huxley during the first World Humanist Congress in Amsterdam .

IHEU awards

International Humanist Award

Distinguished Service to Humanism Award

Other awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Humanist International: Member List , accessed on March 21, 2020
  2. ^ "Humanists International" is the new operating brand of the International Humanist and Ethical Union , news from February 15, 2019, accessed on March 22, 2020
  3. ^ The Happy Human symbol . ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. iheu.org  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / iheu.org
  4. ^ Executive Committee. Retrieved July 30, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Member organizations of the IHEU in Europe ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iheu.org
  6. ↑ About IHEU. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 25, 2013 ; accessed on January 28, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / iheu.org
  7. ^ Minimum Statement on Humanism
  8. ↑ Website for the Amsterdam Declaration in German , accessed on January 7, 2020
  9. ↑ Oslo Declaration on Peace 2011 , accessed on January 7, 2020
  10. ↑ Auckland Declaration website , accessed January 7, 2020
  11. ↑ Reykjavík Declaration on the Climate Crisis in German, accessed on January 7, 2020
  12. ↑ 1987 - 1992 the Canadian Vera Freud, b. 1928 in Germany, permanent representative of the IHEU at UNESCO.
  13. ^ International Humanist News. Retrieved January 28, 2014 .
  14. ^ New global report on discrimination against the non-religious . , accessed May 9, 2013
  15. ↑ freethoughtreport.com
  16. ↑ About us. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; accessed on January 28, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iheyo.org
  17. ↑ IHEYO: Activities ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iheyo.org
  18. ↑ Young people plan for the future . diesseits.de, accessed on May 9, 2013
  19. ↑ European Humanist Youth Days ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ehyd.eu
  20. ↑ Announcement of the First Asian Humanist Congress from June 21 to 23, 2013 ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / patas.co
  21. ↑ IHEU Statute: Paragraph 7 , accessed on May 9, 2013
  22. ↑ World Humanist Congress 2014
  23. ↑ Report on diesseits.de , accessed on May 9, 2013
  24. ^ Cancellation of World Humanist Congress 2017 - and new plans for August
  25. ↑ IHEU Statute: Paragraph 4.3 , accessed on May 9, 2013
  26. ↑ Congregation Announcement 2013. iheu.org, accessed May 9, 2013
  27. ^ World Humanist Day . Explanation of the holiday
  28. ↑ Explanation of the holiday welthumanistentag.de, accessed on July 9, 2014
  29. ↑ School liberation on World Humanist Day , press release dated December 8, 2014
  30. ↑ Students in Berlin can get off school on Humanist Day . ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg , accessed on December 9, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rbb-online.de
  31. ↑ Levi Fragell on the English Wikipedia