The General Assembly (GA) is the policy making body of IHEU. It is made up of representatives of Member Organizations and Sections, and the IHEU Board members. The EC calls a General Assembly at least once in each calendar year. Usually some 30-40 IHEU Member Organizations are represented at each GA. The IHEU sometimes makes awards at the General Assembly.
Usually the GA is held in conjunction with a conference of the national Humanist organization in the host country. Every three years this is a World Humanist Congress event.
Here is an overview of some of the GA’s planned and recently held:
- 2002 Amsterdam, Holland (World Humanist Congress)
- 2003 WashingtonDC, USA
- 2004 Kampala, Uganda
- 2005 Paris, France (World Humanist Congress)
- 2006 New York, USA
- 2007 Torino, Italy
- 2008 WashingtonDC, USA (World Humanist Congress)
- 2009 London, England
- 2010 Brussels, Belgium
- 2011 Oslo, Norway (World Humanist Congress)
- 2012 Montreal, Canada
- 2013 Bucharest, Romania
- 2014 Oxford, United Kingdom (World Humanist Congress) hosts: the British Humanist Association
- 2015 Manila, Philippines, hosts: Philippines Atheists and Agnostics Society (PATAS)
- 2016 Malta, hosts: Malta Humanist Association (MHA)
- 2017 São Paulo, Brazil (World Humanist Congress) hosts: Secular Humanist League of Brazil, Liga Humanista Secular do Brasil (LiHS)
