FREEDOM OF RELIGION: Child rights extracts from the UN Expert's report

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Summary: Child rights extracts from the report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief.

Child rights extracts from the report of the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief:

47. Similarly, communities lacking legal personality status are faced with additional obstacles when trying to establish private denominational schools. This in turn may have negative repercussions for the rights of parents or legal guardians to ensure that their children receive religious and moral education in conformity with their own convictions – a right explicitly enshrined in international human rights law as an integral part of freedom of religion or belief.

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