Decizia CNCD privind discriminarea prin punerea de note la disciplina Religie. Un pas spre susţinerea interesului superior al copilului
The NCCD decision regarding discrimination by formally grading for the subject. A step towards supporting the best interests of the child

Summary/Abstract: The article studies one of the manners of religious indoctrination in Romania, the formal grading of the subject Religion as part of the yearly mark. I analyzed the complaint of Ms. Violeta Rădăcină, the mother of a child who missed on taking first prize because he didn’t enroll in Religion, and the complaint of the Association "Solidarity for Freedom of Conscience" regarding the same issue. I evaluated the authorities’ response to these complaints, in particular the NCCD decisions no. 632/2017 and no. 212/2018, that recognized the discriminatory character of formally grading students for the Religion subject and thereby increasing their yearly mark, when no alternative subjects are available. I showed that the decisions provide a new direction for the public school system in Romania. The study points to the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, highlighted in the reports regarding the respect of the rights of children by some states (Lesotho, Poland, Italy).

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