A campaign for secular education
Council of Europe framework convention for the protection of national minorities
This is Atheist Ireland's Submission to the Council of European under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. Section 5 deals with the Irish Education system. "5.20 Moral Education It is worth mentioning here that Article 42.3.2 of the Irish Constitution says that “The State shall, however, ...
In 2005 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination raised concern with the Irish State regarding the Admission policies in National schools. Section 7 3 (c) of the Equal Status Act permits schools with a religious ethos to give preference to co-religionists in the event of a shortage ...
Ensuring Effective Remedies for an Objective, Critical and Pluralistic Secular Education Response from Atheist Ireland to the interim report of the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism 1 December 2011 Contents Overview The right to an effective remedy The religious integrated curriculum Religious Education (ERB) Opting out The right to private ...
Another case at the European Court of Human Rights regarding the negative aspect of the right to freedom of conscience under Article 9 of the European Convention. The Irish state has brought about a situation where secular parents must reveal their philosophical conviction in order to access the local school ...
In 2008 the United Nations human rights committee raised concern regarding the right to freedom of conscience of secular parents and their children in publicly funded Irish National schools. The majority of National schools in Ireland operate a religious integrated curriculum. It is impossible for secular parents to opt their ...
In the above case the European Court found Turkey in breach of Article II of Protocol 1 (The Right to Education). The exemption procedure from Religious education classes in Turkish schools was an inappropriate means of ensuring respect for minorities. “75. The Court notes that, according to the Government, this ...
The Toledo Guiding Principles on teaching ABOUT religions and beliefs were issued by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2007. http://www.osce.org/odihr/29154 The Toledo Guiding Principles are based on human rights and in particular the right to freedom of conscience. One of the Recommendations in the Report ...
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