The new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission should be mandated to monitor ICCPR rights
This is Yuval Shany of the UN Human Rights Committee, during the Committee's questioning of Ireland in Geneva in July. He is challenging the Irish State's reasons for not mandating the new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to monitor human rights under the International Covenant on Civil and ...
UN Human Rights Committee tells Ireland to stop breaching the human rights of atheists and minority faiths
The UN Human Rights Committee today told Ireland to stop breaching the human rights of atheists and minority faiths in the education system, employment, religious oaths and blasphemy law. The UN report published today vindicates all of the complaints raised by Atheist Ireland when we briefed the Human Rights Committee ...
Irish government again defers to the “institutionalised belief system” that pervades Irish schools.
Last Monday the UN Human Rights Committee asked Ireland, "with regard to denominational schools, does the State believe it is required to ensure a neutral teaching environment outside of the religious instruction classes". It also asked if the State will remove Rule 68, which enforces a religious integrated curriculum. And ...
Irish Government again evades UN questions on oaths, blasphemy and religious discrimination in Irish schools
The UN Human Rights Committee has just published the Irish Government's written response to the questions that they were asked in Geneva this week. The Government gave no additional information on religious oaths or blasphemy, and it evaded several specific questions that the UN asked it about religious discrimination against ...
Majority votes cannot deny human rights: UN questions to Ireland reflect Atheist Ireland briefing in Geneva
Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly, representing Atheist Ireland, briefed the UN Human Rights Committee this week in Geneva about religious discrimination in Ireland, particularly in the education system. The issues we raised in our briefing were directly reflected in many of the UN’s questions to the Irish State delegation, led ...
Atheist Ireland to brief UN Human Rights Committee about Ireland’s failure to protect rights of Atheists and Secularists
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 ...
‘Parental Choice’ in education is a euphemism for religious segregation
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 ...
Oireachtas Committee calls for integration not segregation in schools, as proposed by Atheist Ireland
The Oireachtas joint Committee on Education has concluded that multiple patronage and ethos as a basis for policy can lead to segregation and inequality in the education system, and that the objectives of admission policy should be equality and integration. This reflects the arguments made by Atheist Ireland to the ...
Submission from Atheist Ireland on Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013
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 ...
How to let the Minister for Education know your views on inclusive primary schools
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 ...