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 Germany, around 96,000 abortions are carried out each year without punishment within the three-month period. According to the law, the fertilized egg is considered to have dignity and life protection from the moment it implants in the uterus. For this reason, abortion should be illegal and immoral according to Section 218 StGB. This inconsistency in Sections 218 et seq. of the German Criminal Code and the anachronistic stigmatization of unwanted pregnant women are now to be moderately reformed in accordance with a current commission recommendation. These steps are likely to meet with a broad social consensus – although the Humanist Association of Germany (HVD) would like to see even more far-reaching proposals.
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.
The Federal Executive Board of the Humanist Association of Germany welcomes the year 2024 with a clear message: each and every one of us can make a decisive contribution to positive change.
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.
A group of members of the Bundestag led by Green politician Armin Grau, who previously supported the draft criminal law by Castellucci and others, has invited people to a parliamentary evening on December 12. The initiators are pushing for a compromise on the regulation of assisted suicide as soon as possible.
On Thursday, November 23, the hearing of the “Commission for Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine” appointed by the Federal Government will take place in Berlin. The Humanist Association of Germany has also been invited to attend. A week before the hearing, a debate broke out within the EKD about the Christian requirement to protect unborn life.
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.
