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CoE says Malta needs equality watchdog to protect minorities
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Report criticised the fragmented nature of Malta’s anti-discrimination legislation
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The drafting of a bill that will introduce the ‘living will’ in Malta, allowing mentally competent adults to declare in advance which medical treatments they would not wish to receive, has
A humanist take on ‘demographic issue’
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Humanists Malta Verbal Statement UN Human Rights Council 2025
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At the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Humanists International delivered a statement marking International Safe Abortion Day 2025, highlighting ...
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Slippery slopes are everywhere
We often hear of the ‘slippery slope’ in discussion of social issues. Some argue it is necessary to ban, rather than carefully regulate, eg recreational drug use or assisted dying, to avoid starting down this slope. If ‘slippery slopes’ are indeed a justification for...
Q4 2021 Update
Here is our fourth quarter presentation update from 2021
Regulate, don’t ban – some thoughts after the approval of the cannabis bill
As we see in Malta nearly every day, there are many issues on which people can reasonably disagree; different, sincere, opinions about such as when human life begins - or when it should be allowed to end, or whether the reality of recreational drug use (including...
The EU Commissioner’s guidelines for EU staff on styles of communication
In response to EU Commissioner Helen Dalli’s, now withdrawn, guidelines for EU staff on styles of communication, the MHA supports the use of inclusive language, and agrees that no-one should automatically assume another’s religion, marital status or gender identity....
UN Special Rapporteur on Respecting, Protecting and Fulfilling the Right to Freedom of Thought on the situation in Malta
We have been asked to provide a written report to the UN Special Rapporteur on Respecting, Protecting and Fulfilling the Right to Freedom of Thought on the situation in Malta. Here is the report as published on the 8th of June 2021
End of life treatement
https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2021-11-07/newspaper-letters/End-of-life-treatment-6736238083 We should like to add some comments to those of Professor Pierre Mallia (Independent, 31 October). We welcome and support his call for better end-of-life and...
