Atheist Ireland has made the following recommendations to the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) after taking part in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, Poland, last week. A – Overall Recommendations for Sessions 14 and 15 1. Host an event to combat specifically discrimination against atheists 2. Appoint an official to […]
No reason to believe in God? The full debate at University College Dublin Literary and Historical Society two weeks ago. This was one of the best attended debates of its kind in recent years in an Irish university. Speakers For:Dan Clifford, ex-Auditor of UCD Philosophy SocietyDr. Arif Ahmed, Cambridge Professor of PhilosophyMichael Nugent, Chairperson of […]
Here are Jane Donnelly’s and my contributions to the OSCE Human Dimension meeting in Warsaw, Poland, this week. Jane Donnelly on religious discrimination in Irish schools Michael Nugent on ending discrimination against atheists
Atheist Ireland made two formal contributions to today’s OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw, highlighting religious discrimination against atheists and members of minority faiths in Ireland and throughout the OSCE. Jane Donnelly sopke on discrimination in the Irish education system, and I spoke on other forms of discrimination. We also engaged in lobbying with various […]
Atheist Ireland is in Poland this week, highlighting the religious discrimination against atheists and members of minority faiths throughout the OSCE, and particularly in Ireland. The event is the annual human rights conference organised by the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), which includes over fifty States from Europe, North America and Asia. […]
I discussed the possible Papal visit to Ireland in 2018, with Irish Catholic editor Michael Kelly, on Today FM with Matt Cooper this afternoon.
Update: University of Warwick Students Union has now approved Maryam to speak at this event and has apologised to her. Universities should be prepared to host events at which speakers cause offence to people who do not share their beliefs, as long as such events do not break the laws of the land or incite […]
This is my contribution to the debate this week at UCD Literary and Historical Society, which attracted over five hundred students, on the motion that there is no reason to believe in God. The full debate will be online soon. No reason to believe in God I think we have to assume that the motion is […]
Atheist Ireland has submitted the following report for the next United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Ireland’s human rights record. We will also be attending the review, to lobby the Council members about religious discrimination against atheists and minority faith members in Ireland. As well as this individual report from Atheist Ireland, we have contributed to […]
What are the practicalities of how to promote secularism? My talk at Humani, the Northern Ireland Humanist Association, in Belfast yesterday.