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How humanist are the parties‘ positions on the 2025 federal elections? A joint event by the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands Berlin-Brandenburg KdöR and the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands – Bundesverbandwill examine the prospects of the democratic parties from a humanist perspective. On Wednesday, February 19, at 6 pm at the Haus des HUMANISMUS in Berlin. A warm welcome!

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.

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.