Maximising rights in religious educational institutions: International perspectives

02/08/2023

Webinar - Thursday, 24 August 2023

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) are holding a free webinar titled 'Maximising Rights in religious educational institutions: Internal perspectives' from 5.00pm on Thursday, 24 August 2023.

Countries around the world have grappled with the question of how anti-discrimination laws should apply to religious educational institutions. Different countries approach this task in different ways, leading to a range of legal frameworks informed by their own histories and institutional structures.

Join the ALRC, Wolters Kluwer, and leading international experts in human rights and equality law for a complimentary live webinar to discuss international perspectives on maximising the realisation of overlapping rights in religious educational institutions.

Key questions for discussion include:

• How can overlapping rights — including children's rights, the rights to freedom of religion, non-discrimination, education, and privacy — be maximised?
• How can a community of faith be fostered while respecting equality obligations in education?
• How does institutional autonomy interact with individual religious freedom in the education context?

Speakers:

• Professor Carolyn Evans (Moderator), Vice-Chancellor and President, Griffith University
• Professor Lucy Vickers, Professor of Law, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
• Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, Professor of Human Rights and Human Rights Policy, University of Erlangen, Germany. Former UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief.

Click here for more information or to register.

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