After many years of preparation, the Humanist Association of Germany (HVD), the Giordano Bruno Foundation (gbs), the Humanist Academy of Germany (HAD) and the Federal Association of Humanist Students (BAG) have founded the Bertha von Suttner-Studienwerk. With its help, humanist students are to receive the same support as their religious fellow students.
The Humanist Association of Germany (Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands – Bundesverband) welcomes the fact that, one year after the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court, a draft law to regulate assisted suicide has been put forward by the German parliament. To date, doctors in Germany have continued to use an unsuitable cocktail of drugs for assisted suicide or have used an euthanasia association for a four-figure sum.
Our history, the remembrance of Germany’s Nazi past, means a special responsibility for our actions in the present. We must not just pay lip service to this. A statement by Erwin Kress, spokesman of the board of the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands – Bundesverband, on today’s Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism.
The fight for the abolition of Section 219a is entering the next round: on January 15, 2021, the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court dismissed the appeal by doctor Kristina Hänel, making the ruling legally binding. Hänel has announced that she will now lodge a constitutional complaint against Section 219a. The Humanist Association of Germany – Federal Association declares its solidarity with the Giessen doctor and once again calls for the deletion of § 219a without replacement.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time – if not the greatest. In the current issue of our humanist magazine, we therefore ask: What relationship do humanists actually have with nature? Should it change? What can we do to prevent excess in the use of our limited natural resources? And how do we move from knowledge to action?
Many people are hoping that 2021 will be better than last year – thanks to the vaccinations, overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic now seems within reach. But the pandemic is far from our only problem. Thoughts on the new year from Erwin Kress, Spokesman of the Board of the Humanist Association of Germany.
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What is the status of these rights today, 72 years later? And how can we make them a reality for all of humanity? A statement on today’s Human Rights Day by Erwin Kress, Spokesman of the Board of the Humanist Association of Germany – Federal Association.
The Humanist Association of Germany (HVD) has welcomed a new regional association, HVD Bavaria, and is now active in 13 federal states. We look forward to working together!
At this year’s General Assembly of the European Humanist Federation (EHF), HVD Federal Representative Katja Labidi was elected to the new Board. Labidi announced that she would actively support the EHF in its reorganization in order to facilitate good cooperation between humanist organizations at European level.
November 9 is often referred to as the “fateful day of the Germans”, as several turning points in Germany’s history occurred on this day. Erwin Kress, Spokesman of the Board of the HVD Federal Association, looks back on these historic events and builds a bridge to the present.
