A worldwide, consensus-based alliance of thinkers, scholars and academics, together with associations, institutions, and governmental and non-governmental organizations, aspiring to be a moral lever grounded in human brotherhood.
The Coalition emerged from the “Appeal for Morality” (Nida’ al-Makarim), a global human and ethical appeal launched by the International Centre for Human Values and Civilizational Cooperation and endorsed by the founding partners on 6 June 2023.
The “Appeal for Morality” is a universal call that starts from human nature (fitra) and addresses all of humankind, to protect our shared human heritage of ethics and values.
To bring together virtuous people around the world who care about ethics; to open paths of dialogue and cooperation with international and local governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations, and educational and civil institutions; and to direct their intellectual and practical efforts toward raising awareness of the moral crisis and jointly devising and implementing solutions.
To be a leading platform that launches and puts into practice a discourse and programme of human brotherhood on the basis of fitra and our common humanity; to lead a global path of reflection and research on ethics through intellectual and scholarly publications that express the philosophy of the Appeal; and to open channels of communication with institutions of every kind.
All the Coalition’s plans, programmes and activities draw on the “Appeal for Morality”, the reference document that defines its philosophy, values and goals and frames its fields of work. Three principles stand out:
A human-centred discourse that takes cultural specificities and constraints into account, without resting on any ethnic, sectarian or political bias.
Attention to ethics and human values at every level — political, economic, social and beyond — not only to the values of the individual and the family.
Our concern is addressed to everyone: individuals, families, societies, bodies and institutions alike.
Working principles that pair reflection with impact, and goals rooted in fitra and universal moral values.
Laying foundations for ethics and values that build a shared moral fabric protecting human societies from loss and decline.
Helping people see things as they are and understand the challenges currently facing ethics and human values.
Spreading a culture that joins the acquisition of virtue with the sciences, arts and letters accumulated by humanity.
Refining and guiding commonly recognized morals to preserve the fitra on which human societies are built.
Strengthening individuals’ resilience against moral laxity and the ills that threaten ethics and values.
Enhancing existing virtues so that people’s lives improve and societies and civilizations progress for the better.
Under its Statute, the Coalition comprises a General Conference, an Advisory Body, a Board of Trustees and an Executive Board, together with standing and functional committees. While these bodies are being completed, the Coalition operates with a 26-member Board of Trustees, an administrative committee, a secretariat and standing committees.
All members or their delegates; meets every four years and adopts the strategic plan.
Experts in values and members of the Board; meets yearly to support and evaluate.
The Coalition’s governing body; approves plans and programmes, meets quarterly.
Seven trustees who draw up the operational plan; meets monthly.
Official spokesperson and representative in international fora. President: Dr. Abdelhakim Hajouji.
Specialized standing committees, each contributing its part to the Coalition’s annual programme and strategic plan and reporting to the Executive Board every six months.
Oversees the scientific and research side, providing academic guidance and supervision for activities related to ethics and values.
Oversees communication across the Coalition to spread and strengthen moral values and foster cooperation between civilizations.
Handles the Coalition’s media presence and highlights the ethical dimension of media.
Follows international developments related to ethics and values and strengthens the values dimension of the Coalition’s work.
International symposia, forums, statements and engagements since the launch of the Appeal for Morality.
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Institutions and organizations around the world who share the Coalition’s mission and work with it to uphold humanity’s shared ethical heritage.
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The Coalition aims to publish a yearly report monitoring the state of ethics and values worldwide: the year’s key events, highlighting strengths to support and weaknesses to overcome, and proposing practical pathways for moral renewal.
State conduct, constitutions and legislation, international relations in peace and war, education curricula, reports by international organizations and NGOs, social phenomena, media and social networks, the cultural scene, religious affairs, and economic and financial affairs as they relate to ethics and values.
The founding and governing texts that frame the Coalition’s work.
In our modern age, moral standards face a sweeping assault from numerous ideologies that seek to erase humanity’s inner disposition (fitra) and distort basic concepts, driven by rapid transformations in technology, industry and an open media landscape — to the point that some now speak of a “post-morality” age.
These transformations threaten the stability of societies by casting doubt on the foundations of ethics — human nature, responsibility, honesty, obligation and accountability — and on underlying concepts such as family, identity and spirituality. Their effects reach every domain: justice retreats before despotic power, the values of fair earning, spending and solidarity give way to predatory markets, family and social ties are eroded by individualism, and cultural taste declines.
No single group can confront this alone; an organized challenge can only be met by organized and well-planned effort. On this basis, the Appeal solemnly calls upon all virtuous people of the world to form an international coalition to preserve humanity’s innate values — open to all virtuous persons, civil associations, research centres, institutions and organizations — so as to draw on every expertise and reorient moral values in the right direction by all legitimate means.
The Appeal calls for:
For a compassionate human world.
Sign the AppealThe Appeal followed the success of the first edition (2022) of the “Ambassadors of Virtue” programme, whose first cohort trained dozens of participants to act as ambassadors of virtue around the world, and the conviction of the International Centre for Human Values and Civilizational Cooperation that no single body, however large or influential, could address a moral crisis affecting every area of life.
The idea took shape as an ethical appeal uniting the world’s virtuous people on common moral ground. It was launched on 5 May 2023 at the opening session of the programme’s second edition (“Fitra”), with the support of more than 30 institutions and the participation of leading scholars, thinkers and intellectuals. A preparatory committee was then formed, and on Tuesday 6 June 2023 the Appeal was adopted and the partners agreed unanimously to form the “Global Coalition for Ethics and Human Values”, chaired by Dr. Abdelhakim Hajouji with a Board of Trustees, and committed to expanding and structuring the Coalition and drawing up plans to achieve its goals.
Membership is open to individuals, non-governmental civil institutions, governmental organizations and international organizations who believe in humanity’s shared ethical heritage.
Signing the reference document is the first step towards joining the Coalition.
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