31 January 2009
IHEU and EHF agree to work towards a vision of a united organisation with EHF as a regional section of IHEU. We note that this is compatible with EHF retaining an independent legal identity. Meanwhile, we have agreed on the following revised protocol agreement. Both IHEU and EHF are working for humanism and trying to attain the same general goals. Both organisations see the need for co-operation so that our goals can be achieved. As… read more »
29 January 2009
Early June this year sees a series of important meetings of the EHF and IHEU in London: Friday 5 June: The open meeting in the morning will have two sessions: the first on Rule of Law and the second on education, with as guest speaker the UK contributor to the Council of Europe project on religious dimension of intercultural education, John Keast. The EHF’s annual General Assembly for its members and supporters will be held… read more »
27 January 2009
Reply from EU Commissioner Vladimir Spidla to EHF Comments Dear Mr Pollock Thank you for your e-mail enclosing the European Humanist Federation’s remarks on the European Commission proposal for a new anti-discrimination directive extending protection from discrimination on grounds of religion, sexual orientation, age and disability to areas outside employment. Before commenting on some of the issues raised, may I point out that the prohibition on discrimination based on religion is a fundamental principle underlying… read more »
6 January 2009
Si vis pacem cole justitiam. Mr. Juhani Lönroth, deputy Director General, DG Social Affairs and Employment, started his speech with these words which I share utterly. But the question that arises is: how? How do we cultivate justice? We live in democratic States, our Constitutions and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights are full of excellent shared values – I stress the word shared – but we must not be blind to the fact that… read more »