The ETBI has written the following letter to Atheist Ireland in response to our letter and legal opinion about religious instruction and related matters. ETBI-responseto-legal-opinion
... The Civil Registration Amendment Act 2012 is the most overtly discriminatory law that has been passed since Atheist Ireland was founded. Atheist Ireland has raised the religious discrimination in the Civil Registration Amendment Act 2012 in our Submission to the UN Human Rights committee. Ireland...
Atheist Ireland has sent a Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee. Ireland is up before the Committee in October for the pre-session under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In our submission we raised the issue of freedom of belief when seeking...
In Ireland the Charities Act and Tax law discriminates against atheists, humanists and secularisits. In our Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee Atheist Ireland have requested that the Committee ask the Irish state – “Question: Will the state party amend the Charities Act under...
Publicly funded schools are obliged to use their existing funding to supervise students outside the religious instruction class. The recent Legal Opinion that Atheist Ireland obtained confirms that schools cannot refuse to supervise children outside the religious instruction class on the basis that they do...
Atheist Ireland has made the following submission to the UN Human Rights Committee. It is about what questions the UN should ask Ireland during its next questioning under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 1. Introduction to Atheist Ireland 2. Recommended questions 3....
Atheist Ireland has obtained a legal opinion from Barrister James Kane on the Constitutional right to not attend religious instruction under Article 44.2.4. The Irish Times has reported on it here. You can read the full Legal Opinion here. The legal opinion covers the right...
Faithless Hijabi, a support group for women who are questioning or leaving Islam, is starting a new online mental health programme. The support group was founded by Zara Kay, a Tanzanian-born ex-Muslim atheist based in London. Many of the women who they help come from...
Can you imagine if the Irish Constitution favoured atheism in the same way as it currently favours religion? Imagine if the preamble began with the words “In the name of atheism, we the people, acknowledging the nonexistence of gods, do enact this constitution.” Imagine if...
Where can you turn if your State denies you your human rights? Here is an overview of the main United Nations human rights treaties. Atheist Ireland uses these treaties to advocate for human rights in the areas of freedom of conscience and expression, and separation...