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International campaign to abolish nuclear weapons
The ALP has recently made a commitment to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons should it attain government. Limiting the risk of nuclear war is crucial for the future of humanity and the Planet. CAHS supports the implementation of the treaty. Click here to find out more about CAHS support for the treaty and see the letter sent by CAHS President Lyndon Storey to ALP leader Bill Shorten
Support Humanists at Risk - Humanists International Campaign
Join us in support of Gulalai Ismail, a prominent peace activist and human rights defender, who has had her passport confiscated, find out more and sign the petition for the Pakistan authorities to return her passport and respect her right to travel here
IHEU Freedom of Thought Report released
The IHEU’s 2018 Freedom of Thought Report has been released. It can be found here
One of the underlying messages of this report is that there are billions of people living in countries with compromised freedom of thought, expression and association. In particular there are untold millions of de facto humanists, atheists and otherwise religiously unaffiliated people living in countries where they face discrimination or outright persecution, both in society and at the hands of the state.
Auckland Declaration against the politics of Division
“The best ethical foundation from which to approach the problems of today’s world and the future of us all is to try to see humanity as one global community.” The foregoing is a quote from the Auckland Declaration against the politics of division, which as adopted at this years International and Humanist Union General Assembly. The Declaration offers a path to help us chart our way through today’s troubled time. More about the Declaration, and the General Assembly here
Humanism not a religion - call for change in census question wording
The “religion” question in the last Australian census was written in a way that implied Humanism is a subset of religion. Humanism is an alternative to religion, not a subset of it. A submission has been made to teh ABS asking for changes to the wording of the question - more here
Time to stop Government funding of religious Chaplains in Schools
The Australian Government's program to fund religious chaplains in schools is blatantly discriminatory; funding religious chaplains but offering no funding to the non religious. Funding for this program is due to be renewed soon. Its time to act to stop this program now. To sign a petition calling on the government to end this discriminatory program click here
Protect Humanists at risk campaign 2018
The IHEU has launched the “Protect Humanists at Risk” crowdfunding campaign to raise funds
for its work on human rights issues, in particular persecution against non-religious people.Support the IHEU’s campaign to protect humanist at risk by donating through the campaign page
Gillian Triggs is Australian Humanist of the Year for 2018
Former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs has been announced as the 2018 Australian Humanist of the Year. The award is testament to her consistent determination to promote human rights. She received her award at the post convention dinner of the 2018 Australian Humanist Convention. Media release here More about Gillian Triggs here
Humanist submission to freedom of religion panel supports freedom of thought and conscience for all
CAHS submission to the Government's review of freedom of religion argues that freedom of belief and conscience for everyone should be the goal. Read our submission here
Marriage Equality for Australia
The Australian Humanist movement strongly supports marriage equality and welcomes both the strong postal survey result in favor of marriage equality and the legislating of marriage equality into law in Australia in late 2017. We welcome and celebrate this important social change.
For more see the marriage equality page on this website
Decline of religion; now for rise of Humanism
The 2017 rele3ase of the 2016 Census results show more and more Australians are turning away from religion. Humanism offers a values based alternative to religion, an alternative that does not rely on imaginary super beings. the good news is that Humanism offers an evidence based value system that can replace the system of values based on religion. More on Humanism, the census and religion here and here