JR87, Application for Judicial Review: Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland: Keegan LCJ, Treacy & Horner LJJ, 30 April 2024[2024] NICA 34Northern Ireland – religious education and collective worship – Article 9 ECHR

JR87, the first respondent, now nine, attended a controlled primary school in Belfast and took part in non-denominational Christian religious education (RE) and collective worship (CW). Her parents described themselves as ‘broadly humanist’ and had not raised their daughter in any religious traditio...

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Published in:Ecclesiastical law journal 2024-09, Vol.26 (3), p.355-356
Main Author: Cranmer, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Christianity
Curricula
Education
Indoctrination
Judicial reviews
Legislation
Teaching
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Summary:JR87, the first respondent, now nine, attended a controlled primary school in Belfast and took part in non-denominational Christian religious education (RE) and collective worship (CW). Her parents described themselves as ‘broadly humanist’ and had not raised their daughter in any religious tradition. Once she began attending school, however, they noticed that she would say a prayer before eating and ask them questions about God and religion. They voiced their concerns to the school about its RE teaching and were told that its provision of RE and CW was ‘bible-based’, followed the core syllabus for education and complied with the relevant legislation. They challenged this, arguing that the relevant legislation contravened their Convention rights under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 2 of Protocol 1 (‘A2P1’). They were successful in the lower court and the Department of Education appealed.
ISSN:0956-618X
1751-8539
DOI:10.1017/S0956618X24000474