The Humanist Association of Germany – Federal Association is aware of its responsibility towards people and the environment. Climate, environmental and animal issues are playing an increasingly important role in the association. In its greeting for the new year, the Federal Executive Board focuses on climate protection and social justice.
The Humanist Friday Salon on May 3 is dedicated to humanist-philosophical perspectives on animal ethics. The keynote speech will be given by Dorothea Winter, research associate at the Humanistische Hochschule Berlin. The digital event is open to all interested parties after registration.
This year, we are celebrating World Humanist Day on June 21, 2024 with a major future congress in Berlin.
In a joint statement to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN), the Humanist Association of Germany (HVD) and Humanists International praised the Federal Republic of Germany for its declared commitment to reproductive rights. At the same time, they called for the decriminalization of abortion in Germany.
Our partner organization Humanists International has published the Freedom of Thought Report 2023. The report examines the freedom and human rights of humanists, atheists and non-religious people worldwide. The focus of this year’s report is on the defense of democracy.
The Humanist Relief Organization Germany is responding to the great need following the flood disaster in Libya and is calling for donations for the psychological care of survivors.
More than 230 applications were received for the “Suttner Scholarship 2023” – no easy task for the selection committee of the Bertha von Suttner-Studienwerk (BvS), which had to choose the best 16 candidates from the large number of qualified young talents.
The Humanist World Congress 2023 in Copenhagen has adopted the declaration “Democracy: a humanist value”.
The Humanist Association of Germany is campaigning for a new legal regulation of abortion outside of the Criminal Code. The HVD presents and explains its position in a new brochure.
The topic of war fills us with horror and horror, but also challenges us to become active and look for solutions. Every day, we can have a new peacemaking and integrating effect. The new issue of our humanist magazine “diesseits” continues our intensive examination of the “longing for peace”. Read it now!
