Sunday, November 27, 2016

Ireland: Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner says Irish school patrons are holding State hostage


On Tuesday, Commissioner Muiznieks met with representatives of Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, to discuss the rights of children.

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By Michael Nugent | November 25, 2016

Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland met twice with Nils Muiznieks, Human Rights Commissioner with the Council of Europe, during his four-day visit to Ireland which ended today.

During his visit, the Commissioner examined breaches of the human rights of women, children, travellers, refugees and other groups. He will publish a full report on his visit within the next three months, but he has already said that discrimination against non-Christian children in the school system has to end.

On Tuesday, Commissioner Muiznieks met with representatives of Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, to discuss the rights of children. We outlined the problems that we face as minorities both in access to school and, more importantly, within the schools, where religion is integrated throughout the whole curriculum. You can read our report of that meeting here.

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