International League of Humanists (ILH) is a non-profit international association of eminent humanists. Its headquarters are in

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and its primary objective is promotion of worldwide peace and human rights. Its current president is

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History

ILH was established at a meeting held at the Inter-University Center in

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(then a part of

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) in 1974. Its founders were notable peacemakers and humanists of that time: Linus Pauling,

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, Aurelio Peccei, Sophia Wadia and

Philip Noel-Baker Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, (1 November 1889 – 8 October 1982), born Philip John Baker, was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a ...

. The First International Congress of ILH was held in

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in 1976. Humanist associations {{int-org-stub