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  • 2016-06-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Did the UN Say Taking Kids to Church Violates Their Human Rights? (en)
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  • On 29 June 2016, the web site Charisma News published a misleading article concerning a recent report from the United Nations, using the clickbait title Taking Kids to Church Violates Their Human Rights, Says UN. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the body of 18 Independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by its State parties, released a report on 3 June 2016 after concluding their observations in the UK. One of the concerns listed by the CRC was that children there were required to take part in religious worship of a broadly Christian character at publicly funded schools: While Charisma News quoted this report, the web site failed to mention that the UN's recommendation concerned religious activity at publicly funded schools in the UK and not churches. Instead of using the word school, the web site opted for general terms such as collective worship, creating the false impression that the United Nations had deemed the act of bringing a child to church to be a violation of human rights. Reaction to the CRCreport in the British press was mixed: The Convention on the Rights of a Child was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989. Although in mentions religion several times, article 14 specifically states that: (en)
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