The Humanist International (also known as the International Humanist Party) is a consortium of

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adhering to universal humanism (also known as Siloism, after the nickname of the movement's founder), founded in 1989 by over 40 national parties. The five basic principles of Humanist International are: # The value of human life as the central value, above money and power, etc. # Equality of all human beings # Freedom of belief and ideas # Development and creation of alternative economic models to the current

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one # Methodology of active non-violence

History

Humanist International was founded in

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, Italy, on January 4, 1989, by the approval of foundational documents and statutes by over 40 Humanist Parties from around the world. These foundational documents included the

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, a declaration of principles, a thesis and a basis for political action. The second congress of the Humanist International was held in

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in October 1993. In this meeting, the document of the Humanist Movement was added to the foundational documents. In January and July 1999, the Humanist International launched the regional bodies of

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and

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respectively.

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and

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are in the process of forming their own regional bodies. In December 1989, in

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, Laura Rodríguez became the first elected representative of any Humanist Party in the world after winning a seat as part of the ''

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'' coalition, after

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handed over power. The Argentine Humanist Party won a seat in the Deliberative Council in Santa Rosa, La Pampa in 2015. The Chilean Humanist Party was a part of the Broad Front coalition for the 2017 parliamentary elections. The coalition won 20 seats in the

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, three of which went to the Humanist Party.

Member parties

* Humanist Party of Angola * Humanist Party (Argentina) * Humanist Party (Chile) *

Humanist Party (Iceland) The Humanist Party ( is, Húmanistaflokkurinn) is a political party in Iceland founded on 25 June 1984. It has run candidates in the 1987 and 1999 parliamentary elections, but has never achieved representation. It is related to the International ...

* Humanist Party (Italy) * Paraguayan Humanist Party * Humanist Party (Spain)

Defunct member parties

* Humanist Party (Denmark) * Humanist Party (Hungary) *

Humanist Party (Portugal) The Humanist Party ( pt, Partido Humanista, ; the acronym PH was used in voting ballots) was a minor centre-left former political party in Portugal. The party was established in March 1999. It never elected representatives to the Assembly of th ...

Humanist Party of Ontario The Humanist Party of Ontario (HPO) is an unregistered political party in Ontario, Canada. The party has fielded candidates in the 1994 Toronto municipal election, the 1997 Toronto municipal election, the 1999 Ontario general election, 1999 provi ...

* Humanist Party of Quebec *

Humanist Party of Switzerland The Humanist Party of Switzerland (german: Humanistische Partei der Schweiz, french: Parti humaniste suisse, it, Partito umanista svizzero, rm, Partida umanistica svizra) was a political party in Switzerland, which pursues the political ideas ...

Romanian Humanist Party The Conservative Party ( ro, Partidul Conservator, PC) was a conservative political party in Romania. It was founded in 1991, approximately two years after the fall of Communism in Romania, originally under the name Romanian Humanist Party ( ro, ...

External links

* {{Political internationals * Political internationals it:Movimento Umanista#Internazionale Umanista