On the day of remembrance of the victims of National Socialism, Florian Zimmermann, President of the Humanist Association of Germany, calls on people to take an active stand against racist, right-wing extremist and inhuman tendencies.
The Alliance for Sexual Self-Determination criticizes the federal government’s paper as hypocritical, as it will not improve the situation of those affected, but rather contribute to additional stigmatization of abortions and unwanted pregnancies.
The UN Charter of Human Rights was proclaimed 70 years ago. But how free and equal are we today? We need to preserve and protect this achievement of humanity.
The changed social conditions towards religious and ideological pluralism must be taken into account. A conference on religious policy issues can create the basis for this.
Women had been fighting for this for decades, and on November 12, 1918 – 100 years ago – they were finally granted the right to vote. Where do we stand today in terms of equal rights for women and men?
After 25 years of existence, the Humanist Association of Germany took concrete steps towards reforming its association structure last weekend.
Thousands of people will take to the streets for the large-scale #unteilbar demonstration in Berlin next Saturday. The Humanist Association of Germany (HVD) is also supporting the initiative as the first signatory.
The appeal proceedings in the Kristina Hänel case begin tomorrow. On this occasion, the Humanist Association of Germany is once again calling for the deletion of Section 219a without replacement and unrestricted access to factual information on legal abortion.
On the 28th Day of German Unity, the President of the Humanist Association of Germany, Florian Zimmermann, calls on us to remember German history – and to stand up for the freedom of our society.
On September 11, 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled that the dismissal of a remarried head physician can constitute discrimination. The HVD welcomed this groundbreaking European signal for equality: with this decision, the ECJ called into question the labor law practice of church institutions in Germany and pointed the German courts in the right direction. Update from 21.02.2019: The Federal Labor Court has now followed suit and declared the dismissal of the doctor inadmissible.
