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🇫🇷🕊️ A historic step in France.![]()
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France’s Parliament has voted in favour of assisted dying legislation, joining a growing number of democracies recognising that people facing unbearable suffering deserve the right to make deeply personal end-of-life decisions.![]()
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This is a significant moment. Across Europe, and beyond, the momentum is clear: end-of-life choice is increasingly understood as a matter of autonomy, compassion, dignity, and human rights. 🌍![]()
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Voluntary Assisted Euthanasia is not about treating life lightly. It recognises that, in the most difficult circumstances, individuals should be trusted to make informed decisions about their own suffering, their own body, and their own final chapter.![]()
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It is not about abandoning care. It is about expanding it. The best possible palliative care must always be available, strengthened, and supported. But for some, even the best care cannot remove physical or psychological suffering they personally find intolerable. In those cases, a humane society should not disregard their wishes, but treat them with empathy and respect — and with careful safeguards to protect the vulnerable. 🤝![]()
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Following last year’s consultation process, Malta should continue this conversation without further delay. 🇲🇹![]()
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www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg7g2z4pv3o![]()
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French MPs approve assisted-dying law with strict rules after years of argument
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The bill would allow assisted dying for terminally ill adults who meet strict criteria.
HM’S FIRST THOUGHTS ON THE NEW HUMAN RIGHTS BILL 🇲🇹👇![]()
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After years of delay, the Government is now moving the National Commission for Human Rights and Equality Bill through Parliament at considerable speed.![]()
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There is much to welcome. The Bill strengthens protections against discrimination and recognises “religion or belief” as a protected characteristic. Equality must belong to everyone, including believers, non-believers, doubters and those still searching.![]()
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However, if Malta is to build a genuinely fair and mature society, the details matter. Humanists Malta has two initial concerns:![]()
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1️⃣ “Belief” must explicitly include non-belief![]()
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In Malta, the word “belief” is often understood primarily as religious belief. Freedom of conscience, however, belongs to everyone. The law should explicitly protect people with non-religious beliefs, as well as those who hold no religious belief, so that nobody is treated differently because of their worldview.![]()
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2️⃣ Religious autonomy needs clear boundaries![]()
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Religious communities should remain free to manage genuinely internal and doctrinal matters. However, many religious institutions also operate schools, care facilities and other services that employ staff and serve the wider public. The law must clearly establish where religious autonomy ends and equality and employment protections begin.![]()
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Our aim is not to diminish the place of religion in society. It is to ensure that the law treats religious and non-religious people fairly and protects every person’s freedom of conscience.![]()
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A society that truly values equality must protect every conscience.![]()
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💬 Read our initial thoughts and join the discussion:![]()
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#HumanistsMalta #HumanRights #Equality #FreedomOfConscience #Malta
On this Bastille Day, we reflect not only on a revolution that reshaped history, but on a timeless struggle: the liberation of the human mind.![]()
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Secularism is not about erasing belief — it is about ensuring that **no belief stands above our shared humanity**. It is the foundation that allows ethics to be rooted in reason, compassion, and universal dignity, rather than division. ⚖️🧠![]()
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As A.C. Grayling reminds us, freeing our minds opens the possibility of an ethical outlook that **all humankind can share** — a basis for solidarity, justice, and peace beyond borders, cultures, and creeds. 🌍🤝![]()
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Today, we celebrate the courage to question, the right to think freely, and the hope for a world built on common human values, not religious dogma. ❤️✨![]()
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🌍✨ All we have is each other.![]()
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In this short film from Humanists UK, Janet Ellis reflects on humanism: finding meaning, kindness, and responsibility in this life, together.![]()
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Humanism trusts in people — our ability to think, care, and build purposeful lives without supernatural belief.![]()
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Through reason and empathy, we can create compassionate, hopeful communities.![]()
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Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1_gSjvV8KI![]()
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All we have is each other | Janet Ellis, Humanists UK President
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Humanists UK has launched a new film featuring our President, Janet...
🕊️ My Last Right![]()
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Across Europe, people’s choices at the end of life still depend too often on where they live.![]()
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The My Last Right campaign is collecting signatures so that voluntary assisted dying can be recognised across Europe as a fundamental human right — grounded in dignity, autonomy, and compassion.![]()
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For Humanists Malta, this speaks to a deeply human principle: people facing unbearable suffering should not be denied the right to make informed decisions about their own lives and deaths.![]()
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End-of-life choice is not about abandoning care. It is about expanding compassionate care — ensuring that dignity, relief, and personal autonomy remain central until the very end.![]()
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A humane Europe should not leave dignity to chance or geography. 🌍🤝![]()
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Read more and add your voice below: www.lastright.eu/![]()
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My Last Right — Voluntary Assisted Dying as a Fundamental Human Right in Europe
www.lastright.eu
A European petition. A coalition of 15 organisations across Europe calls for voluntary assisted dying to be recognised as a fundamental human right in Europe.
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