Our Objectives
The objectives of the Humanist International are:- To exert influence in all areas of public life including the political, social and cultural
- To act as formers of opinion
- To mobilise action in any sphere of international life that may contribute to humanising the earth.
Our Principles
Humanists are all those who struggle against violence and discrimination, and who propose greater freedom of choice for the human being.Humanists reject the formal political democracy that prevails in the world today, which is manipulated by money and which deprives people of real freedom of choice.
Humanists promote human beings and their fundamental needs as the central value and concern in society with no other values or priorities imposed above them.
This principle has enormous consequences, particularly at a time and in a system where money is the central value and everything else is subject to its "tyranny".
We have adopted, as one of our founding documents, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations, which despite requiring a more profound definition of human beings and their rights, is nevertheless an extremely relevant document.
Setting standards of Human Rights
We live in a world where change is occurring at an ever faster pace, creating a considerable impact on society. The integration of markets for the benefit of large financial capital is clashing in its expansion with national identities, cultures, religions and ways of life thus creating enormous suffering and contradiction.Although globalisation is a topic that fills many discussions and public fora in today's world, it is mainly the economic aspects of this globalisation which are taken into consideration, while the human aspects are relegated to a place of secondary importance.
In the same way in which economic rights are becoming global, creating the possibility for commerce to develop internationally, the human rights and responsibilities of all people must become truly global.
The moment has come to establish a new global dialogue which seeks to answer the question "How do human beings want to live and under what conditions?"
International standards of rights, freedoms and responsibilities must be set, as well as standards of social, political and legal rights. The common characteristic must be the advancement of the power of decision-making by the people.
A recent positive development along these lines is the adoption of a common standard in criminal law, confirmed by the recent resolution of the highest Court in Britain, which declared that no-one could enjoy immunity from prosecution for crimes against humanity and which enabled prosecution in any jurisdiction.
It is only by setting accountable standards in all areas of human activity that real integration will take place across the globe and we will see the beginning of the formation of the first truly universal human nation.