- Humanist International
The Humanist International is a consortium of Humanist political parties, founded in
Florence , Italy, onJanuary 4 1989 , by the approval of foundational documents and statutes by over 40 Humanist Parties from around the world. These foundational documents included theUniversal Declaration of Human Rights , declaration of principles, the thesis and the basis for political action.All of these documents reflect the philosophy of New or Universal Humanism developed since
1969 byMario Rodríguez Cobos , pen name: Silo. This philosophy finds its inspiration in thenon-violence movements ofMartin Luther King andMahatma Gandhi .The five basic principles upon which all instances of the
Humanist Party are based are:# The value of human life as the central value, above money and power, etc.
# Equality of all human beings. No human being above another.
# Freedom of belief and ideas.
# Development and creation of alternative economic models to the currentneoliberal one.
# Methodology of active non-violence.The second congress of the Humanist International was held in
Moscow in October1993 . In this meeting the document of theHumanist Movement [http://www.humanistparty.org.uk/statement.htm] was added to the foundational documents.In January and July of
1999 the Humanist International launched the Regional bodies ofLatin America andEurope respectively.Africa andAsia are in the process of forming their own Regional bodies.In the
Chilean presidential election, 2005 ,Tomás Hirsch of theHumanist Party (Chile) represented the coalitionJuntos Podemos Más .Also known as "Siloists", after the founder of New Humanism, this organisation has been treated with suspicion by other humanist organisations. See for example [http://www.corliss-lamont.org/hsmny/siloists.htm] and [http://www.arthurchappell.clara.net/the.other.humanists.htm] .
Member Parties
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Humanist Party (Argentina)
*Austria
*Belgium
*Humanist Party (Brazil)
*Humanist Party (Chile)
*Czech Republic
*Humanist Party (Denmark)
*Finland
*Humanist Party (France)
*Humanist Party (Germany)
*Greece
*Humanist Party (Hungary)
*Humanist Party of Iceland
*Humanist Party (Italy)
*Netherlands
*Humanist Party of Ontario
*Humanist Party (Portugal)
*Humanist Party (Spain) (Partido Humanista)
*Humanist Party of Switzerland
*Humanist Party (UK) ee also
*International Humanist and Ethical Union (
IHEU ) - a world body for Humanism
*The Secular Party of Australia - the only political party in Australia that explicitly sharesHumanist Movement ethical viewsExternal links
Links to sites of Humanist Parties around the world
* [http://www.humanist-international.org/ Humanist International]
* [http://www.humanisteurope.org/ European Region of the Humanist International]
* [http://www.africanregional.org/ African Region of the Humanist International]
* [http://www.partidohumanista.deargentina.org/ Humanist Party - Argentina]
* [http://parti.humaniste.be/ Humanist Party - Belgium]
* [http://www.phrj.hpg.ig.com.br/index.htm Humanist Party - Brazil]
* [http://www.web.net/~humanist/hparty.htm Humanist Party - Canada]
* [http://www.partidohumanista.cl/ Humanist Party - Chile]
* [http://www.humanistickastrana.cz Humanist Party - Czech Republic]
* [http://nav.to/hifin Humanist Party - Finland]
* [http://www.parti-humaniste-france.org/ Humanist Party - France]
* [http://www.humanistischepartei.de Humanist Party - Germany]
* [http://www.humanistapart.hu/ Humanist Party - Hungary]
* [http://www.partitoumanista.it/ Humanist Party - Italy]
* [http://www.humanistischepartij.org/ Humanist Party - Netherlands]
* [http://www.movimentohumanista.com/ph/ Humanist Party - Portugal]
* [http://www.partidohumanista.org/ Humanist Party - Spain]
* [http://www.humanistische-partei.ch/ Humanist Party - Switzerland]
* [http://www.humanistparty.org.uk Humanist Party - United Kingdom]Links to sites critical of New Humanism in general
* [http://www.humanoidex.com Humanoidex]
* [http://www.secta-humanista.com Secta-Humanista]
* [http://www.ex-silo.org/ Ex-Silo Information and Resources for Survivors of Silo's Humanist Cult]
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