This book is an essential tool for those interested in the   vital relationship between international human rights law and domestic   policy. It explores this subject in the context of public funding for   religious education in Canada, an area of controversy for well over a   hundred years.  This work provides in one volume a unique set of source documents   concerning the legal and political history of religious education in a   multicultural environment and especially in Ontario, Canada's largest   province. It makes available for the first time a complete set of documents   concerning the international litigation which has occurred between the   Canadian government and its citizens, who have been seriously affected by   entrenched religious discrimination.  An introductory essay provides an overview of how religious discrimination   forms the backbone of Ontario's education system. Having failed to remedy   such discrimination in Canadian courts, the UN Human Rights Committee   provided a mechanism to address this breach of Canada's international legal   obligations. The volume is an expose of the process and the consequences of   international human rights litigation before the UN Committee, and will be   of special interest to others seeking to take cases of human rights   violations forward to the international level.  Canadian policy makers and analysts will consider this collection an   invaluable resource for future consideration of the public funding of   religious education in Canada, still unresolved after 135 years.

State Support Of Religious Education: Canada Versus the United Nations (Studies in Religion, Secular Beliefs and Human Rights) PDF

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