The statutes of the HVD Bundesverband were adopted by the founding assembly on January 14, 1993 in Berlin. On April 13, 2019, a new version of the Articles of Association was adopted at the extraordinary Federal Delegates’ Meeting in Berlin. The current version was adopted at the Council of Delegates on May 17, 2025.
“The Federal Association is a non-partisan humanist worldview community in the tradition of the European Enlightenment. The self-image of its member organizations is based on the conception of life of a secular humanism.”
“The Federal Association stands up for the interests and rights of its member organizations as well as those non-denominational people in Germany who recognize the central principles of the humanist confession for themselves (confessional members).”
[Excerpts from § 2, Purpose and Tasks of the Federal Association]
You can download the complete Articles of Association and our Code of Conduct (2014) as a PDF here.