December 18th, 2020
Governments across the UK should repeal compulsory collective worship, children’s rights bodies from all four nations have told the United Nations.
Humanists UK, Wales Humanists, and Northern Ireland Humanists all contributed evidence to national reports compiled by key children’s rights bodies in each country, with partner organisation Humanist Society Scotland contributing to a similar report in Scotland.
The reports will now be used to shape the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s review of the UK’s children’s rights record.
Collective worship
With this in mind, the reports for Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland (where collective worship is known as ‘religious observance’) say the UN should ask the respective governments when they will repeal these provisions.