The General Assembly (GA) is the policy making body of IHEU. It is made up of representatives of Member Organizations and Sections, and the Executive Committee (EC) members. The EC calls a General Assembly at least once in each calendar year.
The attendance at GA will vary over time and with the location. Usually some 30-40 organizations are represented. 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)
