This July Ireland will be examined by the UN Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights. By ratifying this UN Treaty Ireland has guaranteed to protect the Human Rights guaranteed in the Treaty to all within its territory. Atheist Ireland will be attending this session ...
In a speech yesterday the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said that pluralism is something we should welcome. He said that, “The Catholic children of the Ireland of the future will live in a climate of pluralism and must learn not to fear pluralism but to be able proudly and ...
At the heart of the objections of atheists/secularists to the state Religious Education course at second level is that it disrespects their philosophical convictions and breaches their human rights. Atheist/secular families believe that the State is pursuing an aim of indoctrination by not respecting their philosophical convictions as the aims ...
Ireland is due to appear before the UN Human Rights Committee in July this year. The UN have asked Ireland to explain what it is doing to protect minorities in Irish schools and how many non-denominational schools has it established since 2008. It seems that the Irish State is again ...
When secular parents complain about discrimination in National schools they are sometimes met with the response that they can home school their children. The European Court has stated that this is not a valid option as few parents have the resources to home school their children. Many secular parents do ...
In this case at the European Court of Human Rights, the court makes clear that the rights of all parents and their children under Article II of Protocol 1 (the right to education) is not confined to having their children exempted from classes offering "religious instruction of a denominational character". ...
Atheist Ireland today made the following submission on the Draft General Scheme of an Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Executive Summary 3 Atheist Ireland Conclusions 4 Atheist Ireland Recommendations 5 Head 3 - Requirement that an Admission Policy states that the School will not Discriminate ...
Atheist Ireland is suggesting the following advice for parents and other citizens who are making a submission to the Department of Education’s consultation on promoting greater inclusiveness in primary schools. The Minister for Education is seeking submissions from the public on the following questions. The views expressed will help shape Government ...
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, is seeking submissions on promoting greater inclusiveness in primary schools. Information on the process can be accessed here http://www.education.ie/en/Press-Events/Conferences/Patronage-and-Pluralism-in-the-Primary-Sector/Call-for-Submissions-on-the-Recommendations-of-the-Advisory-Group-to-the-Forum-on-Patronage-and-Pluralism-in-the-Primary-Sector.pdf The majority of schools in Ireland are religious and the United Nations Human Rights Committee has raised concern regarding the human rights of ...
Religious discrimination in access to education. The above link is to a paper called ; A discriminating education system: religious admission policies in Irish schools and international human rights law. The research is by Dr. Alison Mawhinney, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Bangor University. The following is an extract ...
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