The Norwegian Christianity,Religion and Philosophy subject KRL in Strasbourg |
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| Authors: | Sidsel Lied |
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| Institution: | Faculty of Education and Science, Department of Humanities/Multidisciplinary Group of Studies of Linguistic and Cultural Encounters , Hedmark University College , LUNA, PO Box 4010, Hamar N-2306 , Norway |
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| Abstract: | This article presents the judgement and dissent of the European Court of Human Rights in the Case of Folgerø and others v. Norway regarding the subject Christianity, Religion and Philosophy (KRL) in Norwegian state schools. The verdict, reached with dissenting votes of 9–8, states that parents’ freedom of ensuring their children an education in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions is violated in KRL. The article also discusses a possible way of thinking in the process of creating a common, unifying subject for teaching about religions and beliefs in the Norwegian state school system. |
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| Keywords: | ECHR violation of Article 2 of Protocol no 1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights judgment and dissent teaching about religions and beliefs in public schools |
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