Religion

The Scottish government has been warned that it risks falling foul of its own children's rights law if it does not give children – rather than parents or teachers – the right to withdraw themselves from religious observance at school. In response to a consultation which closed this week,

France’s Court of Cassation has upheld a ban on advocates wearing religious symbols with their robes in courtrooms. In June 2019, the Lille Bar Council told its members they would not be permitted to wear “decorations or signs” displaying “religious, philosophical, community