30 September 2009
Pierre-Arnaud Perrouty, David Pollock, Vera Pegna and Staffan Gunnarson outside the conference hotel The EHF held a side meeting at which David Pollock explored the limits that need to be placed on legal recognition of conscientious objections to legal obligations and duties – see his paper and a brief intervention he made in the plenary session on religion or belief. Vera Pegna spoke in the session on rule of law about the relevant principles and… read more »
22 September 2009
The Dutch Humanist broadcasting foundation HUMAN has made a film about voluntary euthanasia for those with mental illness. Even in countries with euthanasia laws there are problems over how to apply them and the question of euthanasia in the case of mental illness is particularly difficult: here is a film that tackles the subject sensitively. HUMAN write to the EHF as follows: The documentary pays attention to the lack of help for people with a… read more »
2 September 2009
The EHF is an active supporter of the European Parliamentary Platform for Secularism in Politics which is chaired by Dutch MEP Sophie in’t Veld. EHF representatives attend and contribute to all their meetings, and we serve on the Advisory Board to the Platform along with other NGOs, including religious ones, that support secularism. The Platform is the successor to the All Party Working Group on Separation of Religion and Politics which operated throughout the 2004-09… read more »