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 ...
On 14th July Ireland is due before the UN Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights. This UN Committee will ask the State what it is doing to protect the rights of minorities in Irish schools. In 2008 the Committee in its Concluding Observations raised ...
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 ...
Atheist Ireland has made the following civil rights written submission to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Ireland’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 1. Overview The key priorities and challenges facing Ireland in complying with civil rights and the ICCPR are to comply with Articles ...
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 ...
Atheist Ireland has today sent this submission to the Department of Education on inclusiveness in primary schools. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Respecting Secularism as a Philosophical Conviction 3. Rule 68 - Religious Integrated Curriculum 4. Other Specific Recommendations 5. Conclusion “This state is a Republic, proudly proclaimed outside the GPO ...
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 ...
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