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Humanists International is the trading name of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), a not-for-profit organization registered in New York, USA (501(c)3) and operating as a foreign company in the United Kingdom (FC020642). Membership is very affordable and comes with many benefits, please Join today. "[40], At a panel event at the European Parliament for the launch of the 2015 edition, Bielefeldt said he "unambiguously welcomed" the report and reiterated with regard to "freedom of religion or belief" that it is "only a kind of short-hand", and "Formulations such as "religious freedom" obfuscate the scope of this human right which covers the identity-shaping, profound convictions and conviction-based practices of human beings broadly. [77] The Second World Conference on Untouchability was held in Kathmandu, in April 2014. [36] The report has received coverage in the national media of countries that are severely criticised, for example "Malaysia's free thought, religious expression under 'serious assault', study shows" (the Malay Mail). The organisation is based in London but maintains a presence at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, among other international institutions. The searchable archive of past and present policy – since 1952! Humanists International has a wing for people aged up to 35 called the Young Humanists International. The organization's 2017 General Assembly passed a resolution "mandating the Board to oversee a transition to a revised identity for the organization". It advocates a humanist approach to various social issues, contributing to bioethical debates and arguing in favour of sexual and reproductive health and rights, LGBT rights, children's rights and women's rights, and in opposition to slavery and caste discrimination. [55] In June 2016 at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council the IHEU's delegate took the unusual step of reading one of Ashraf Fayadh's poems during General Debate. Location: Facebook or YouTubeSpeakers: Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, Mauritanian blogger, activist and former prisoner of conscience Debbie Goddard, Vice President ofAmerican Atheists and Board Member of Humanists … Humanists International Group has 282 members. The data from the report is freely available under a Creative Commons license. Humanists International is governed by an international board of directors, whose body is elected by member organisations at annual general assemblies, including a directly elected President. [23] The President as of 2015 is Andrew Copson[24] (who is also the Chief Executive of Humanists UK as of 2010). "[19][20], Five Humanist organisations, the American Ethical Union, American Humanist Association, British Ethical Union (later the British Humanist Association and now Humanists UK), Vienna Ethical Society and the Dutch Humanist League hosted the founding congress of the International Humanist and Ethical Union in Amsterdam, 22–27 August 1952. Humanists Sweden (Swedish: Humanisterna) is the largest humanist / rationalist organisation in Sweden with about 4,500 members. Recurring themes of Humanists International's advocacy and campaigns work include LGBTI rights and women's rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, laws against blasphemy and apostasy, caste-based discrimination, slavery, and advocacy of secularism. [37], Forewords and prefaces to the various annual editions of report have been written by then-United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, in 2012; two victims of "blasphemy" accusations, Kacem El Ghazzali and Alber Saber in 2013; human rights defenders Gulalai Ismail and Agnes Ojera in 2014; humanist activist and survivor of an anti-secularist machete attack in Bangladesh, Rafida Ahmed Bonya (2015); and United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Ahmed Shaheed, in 2016. Working with its member organisations, it also helps to coordinate support for those fleeing danger from states which persecute the non-religious. It holds a general assembly each year and a World Humanist Congress usually every three years; its next World Congress will be held in Miami, United States, in 2020. "[72], Humanists International, along with its Member Organisation the Dutch Humanist Association, and Hague Peace Projects, organised a "solidarity book fair" in The Hague, 26 February 2016, to coincide with the annual Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka.[73]. This ideology is known as New/Universal Humanism or simply "Siloism". [56], Humanists International complained that fundamentalists linked to the government were "terrorising" secular activists, including individuals in connection with its Member Organisations, as far back as 2006. The International Academy of Humanism was established to recognize distinguished humanists and to disseminate humanistic ideals and beliefs. Humanists International similarly highlights cases where individuals are accused of "apostasy", such as the blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir currently on death row in Mauritania,[54] and the poet Ashraf Fayadh currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia. Outside of its advocacy work, Humanists International functions as the democratic organ of the global humanist movement. We have no duty to respect irrationalism, however ancient its origins. On 10 December 2020 Humanist International launches its annual Freedom of Thought Report. "[76], The "First World Conference on Untouchability" was organised by Humanists International in London, June 2009. On the last day of the congress five resolutions were passed, which included a statement of the fundamentals of "modern, ethical Humanism", a resolution which would co… Pressure to conform to ideologies of the state or to doctrines of religion is a tyranny. The mission of Humanists International is to build and represent the global humanist movement that defends human rights and promotes humanist values worldwide. "[65], Following the murder of Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy (or Niloy Chatterjee, also known by his pen name Niloy Neel), 7 August 2015, Humanists International again attacked the government and authorities, saying, "Apparent failure to pursue the most obvious lines of inquiry even when initial arrests are made, and media manipulation resulting in conflicting stories, further makes reportage difficult and police operations opaque. We have two types of membership for organizations: [34], In 2017, the report found that 30 countries meet at least one boundary condition at the most severe level ("Grave violations"), and a further 55 countries met at least one boundary condition in the next most severe level ("Severe discrimination"). The American Humanist Association advocates progressive values and equality for humanists, atheists, freethinkers, and the non-religious across the country. He was a colleague in humanism and a friend to all who respect human rights, freedom, and the light of reason. Our flagship publication, recording discrimination against the non-religious globally, Learn more about the work of Humanists International, How we’re working to change the world for the better, Want to help? Hear what the HAWG has been doing, ask questions and voice your opinion. At the General Assembly Anne-France Ketelaer was re-elected as the Vice-President of Humanists International, and Anya Overmann was elected as the President of Young Humanists International. The current President of Humanists UK is Professor Alice Roberts and the Chief Executive is Andrew Copson. Learn more at humanists.international. While Alexander Aan suffers in an Indonesian jail for posting his beliefs to Facebook, his jailer will be honored in New York as a champion of freedom of belief. Humanists International campaigns globally on human rights issues, with a specific emphasis on defending freedom of thought and expression and the rights of the non-religious, who are often a vulnerable minority in many parts of the world. How she discovered us: I discovered HumanistsMN through an American friend who invited me to a Secular Saturday gathering. HumanistsMN is a secular community that promotes ethical living, widespread human flourishing, and a healthy planet through its commitment to science, reason, compassion, and creativity. Young Humanists International members form the young humanist communities and campaign for political and cultural change in a diverse range of areas such as religious freedom, women's rights, education rights, abortion rights, LGBTIQ rights, equality, human rights, freedom of speech / thought/belief, public communication of science. Time: 3pm UTC. "[78] The event was preceded by questions in the UK Parliament[79] and guests included Lord Desai and Lord Avebury from the UK House of Lords; Binod Pahadi, Member of the Constituent Assembly, Nepal; and Tina Ramirez, US Congressional Fellow on International Religious Freedom. ", In 2014 Humanists International as part of a "coalition of secular groups" led a campaign around the hashtag "#TwitterTheocracy" to protest the social media website Twitter's implementation of tools blocking "blasphemous" tweets in Pakistan. Be a part of the humanist movement – as an individual or an organization, The democratic, defining statement of world humanism, from Humanists International, How and why we mark 21 June as World Humanist Day, Our answers to your frequently asked questions about the humanist worldview, Are you a humanist? Contact: Roy Speckhardt, rspeckhardt@americanhumanist.org, 202-238-9088 x109 (Washington, DC, December 7, 2020) – In a momentous victory for the rights of humanists, nontheists, and religious minorities around the world, the American Humanist Association (AHA) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for … [77] Anticipating the event, the BBC News quoted then-Executive Director Babu Gogineni as saying that legal reforms alone would not end caste discrimination: "There are Dalit politicians in India, but nothing has changed. It shared an office with Humanists UK for many years until 2019. [80], In 2013 Humanists International criticised the US-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation for awarding their "World Statesman Award" to then-president of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; it argued that the award "is a slap in the face to prisoners of conscience across the world. The three main goals of the group are resumed in the acronym CCC: Community, Communication, Coordination. [57] However, a series of machete attacks primarily targeting secular and atheist bloggers and freethinkers in Bangladesh has been especially severe since 2013, and the IHEU has campaigned persistently in response[58] and highlighted the murders at the UN Human Rights Council. "[18], In 2019, Humanists International members unanimously passed the Reykjavik Declaration on the Climate Change Crisis, acknowledging the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change committing the international humanist movement to "foster a social and political commitment to urgent action and long-term policymaking to mitigate and prevent climate change. Joined HumanistsMN: September 2020. Here’s some specific things you can do today, The official Humanists International blog, Meetings and events for Humanists International, Toolkits, documents, maps and lists on humanism and humanist activism, Support our work and the global humanist movement with a donation, Support our goals? [25] The IHEU headquarters is in London. In 2015 and 2016 the annual edition of the Freedom of Thought Report was launched at the European Parliament in Brussels hosted by the European Parliamentary Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance chaired by Dennis de Jong MEP. I hope it will be given careful consideration by everyone concerned with freedom of religion or belief. But demanding genuine democratic equality, recognized by the Law, between believers and humanists does not mean that the member associations of IHEU treat all philosophical points of view equally. I am therefore delighted that for the first time the Humanist community has produced a global report on discrimination against atheists. [7], In addition to the Amsterdam Declaration's "official statement of World Humanism", Humanists International provides a "Minimum Statement on Humanism":[8]. [5] Its official symbol, the Happy Human, is shared with its member organisations worldwide. Five Humanist organisations, the American Ethical Union, American Humanist Association, British Ethical Union (later the British Humanist Association and now Humanists UK), Vienna Ethical Society and the Dutch Humanist Leaguehosted the founding congress of the International Humanist and Ethical Union in Amsterdam, 22–27 August 1952. Members can be as visible or anonymous as they want in our directory. Powered by 100,000 members and supporters, we advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail. The Humanist International (also known as the International Humanist Party) is a consortium of political parties of the universal humanism (also known as Siloism) ideology, founded in 1989 by over 40 national Humanist Parties.. [59], Humanists International responded in 2013 to the murder of blogger and activist Ahmed Rajib Haider and the machete attack on his friend Asif Mohiuddin, and highlighted the subsequent arrest and imprisonment of Mohiuddin and others for "hurting religious sentiments". [38][39], In his foreword to the first edition of the Freedom of Thought Report, Heiner Bielefeldt wrote: "As a universal human right, freedom of religion or belief has a broad application. The association currently has 70 affiliated regional and special interest groups and claims a total of approximately 85,000 members and supporters. [31], The report centres around a "Country Index" with a textual entry for every sovereign state. [81][82], The IHEU makes a number of regular and occasional special awards.[84]. The AHA brought together a broad coalition of more than sixty national and international faith-based, nontheist, and religious freedom advocacy organizations in supporting House Resolution 512 and its companion resolution in the Senate, Senate Resolution 458. “Humanists rely on reason- and evidence-based decision-making,” Ahmed concluded. I live in Egypt. The report records a sharp increase in the number of prosecutions for alleged criticism of religion by atheists on social media. "[66], A coordinated attack against two separate publishing houses in Dhaka, 31 October 2016, killed the publisher Faisal Arefin Dipon and seriously injured the publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury. [9], At the World Humanist Congress in 2005, in France, the General Assembly adopted The Paris Declaration 2005, on state secularism, which states: "There can be no freedom of conscience when religions rule societies. COMMUNITY This group provides a safe space for humanists from across the world. [67] The IHEU later published an interview with Chowdhury about the attack and his escape to Norway. One of my main take-aways from the Humanists International General Assembly that I recently attended in Iceland is the alarming position of a Humanists International board member. [74][75] End Blasphemy Laws is "campaigning to repeal "blasphemy" and related laws worldwide. Every year Humanists International publishes The Freedom of Thought Report, which assesses every country in the world on the basis of human rights and the legal status of humanists, atheists, and the non-religious.To produce the report Humanists International works with its member organisations to monitor discrimination and persecution against non-religious people. "[13], At World Humanist Congress 2011, in Norway, the Humanists International General Assembly adopted The Oslo Declaration on Peace, which concludes: "We urge each of our member organizations and Humanists globally to work for a more peaceful culture in their own nations and urge all governments to prefer the peaceful settlement of conflicts over the alternative of violence and war. 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. Founded in Amsterdam in 1952, it is an umbrella organisation made up of more than 160 humanist, atheist, rationalist, secular, skeptic, freethought and Ethical Culture organisations from over 80 countries.[2][3]. The answer is to educate Dalits and empower them. 1978: Special Award for Service to World Humanism: 2017: Distinguished Services to Anti-Superstition Award: Humanistisch-Vrijzinnige Vereniging (HVV), Raad voor Inspectie en Begeleiding niet-confessionele Zedenleer (RIBZ), Vrijzinnig Studie-, Archief- en Documentatiecentrum "Karel Cuypers" (VSAD), Dachverband freier Weltanschauungsgemeinschaften (DFW), Bund Freireligiöser Gemeinden Deutschlands (BFGD), Associazione del Libero Pensiero "Giordano Bruno", Coordinamento Nazionale delle Consulte per la Laicità delle Istituzioni, Fundația Centrul pentru Conștiință Critică (CCC), Various regional partner groups of Humanists UK, Europe (European Humanist Professionals (EHP)), Poland (Polish Humanist Association "Sapere Aude"), ETHOS – Etika Tolerancia Humanizmus Občianstvo Sekularizmus, Switzerland (Freethinkers Association of Switzerland), This page was last edited on 10 December 2020, at 19:51. Hale is a lifelong humanist, although she didn’t know there was an AHA until 1996. Humanists International is the global representative body of the humanist movement, uniting a diversity of non-religious organisations and individuals. Membership is open to humanist organizations and individuals worldwide. Your membership provides the financial support essential to bring you monthly presenters and social, activist, and educational activities year-round. The American Humanist Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that advances secular humanism, a philosophy of life that, without theism or other supernatural beliefs, affirms the ability and responsibility of human beings to lead personal lives of ethical fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.. [28] The rebrand to Humanists International, a new operating name for the IHEU, was completed in February 2019.[2]. 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