Alison Mawhinney
Biographic Data
| ID | 1254318 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Mawhinney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Mawhinney |
| SIGNATURE | MAWHINNEY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bangor University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6548-7401 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Compulsory curricula and human rights
This paper assesses the effectiveness of current legal standards in resolving rights-based disputes arising from compulsory curricula in schools, an issue of growing significance as such teaching expands in the areas of sexuality, relationship and religious education. Focusing on Article 2 of Protocol 1 (P1-2) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), it critiques the current reliance on the ‘objective, critical, and pluralistic’ (OCP) s…
Claims of Religious Morality
The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is not a constant. As human rights law has progressively acquired a conceptual status as a means of reconciling tensions, the substantive legal content of the right to freedom to manifest religion or belief has widened. This paper argues that the admittance of claims of religious morality within this expanded understanding of the right exposes the conceptual imprecision underlying the right…
International Human Rights Law
In the Republic of Ireland the vast majority of primary schools are owned and run by the Catholic and Protestant Churches. There is no parallel state system of education. Religious education in schools is doctrinal in nature and is permitted to permeate throughout the school curriculum. In addition, legislative provisions permit schools to discriminate in favour of co-religionists in admissions and employment policies. In the absence of the provi…
Cultural perspectives
Acculturation and religion in schools
This paper aims to explore the relationship between religious identity, acculturation strategies and perceptions of acculturation orientation in the school context amongst young people from minority belief backgrounds. Based on a qualitative study including interviews with 26 young people from religious minority belief backgrounds in Northern Ireland, it is argued that acculturation theory provides a useful lens for understanding how young people…
A discriminating education system
Irish equality legislation permits discrimination in favour of co-religionists in admission policies to state-funded schools. This article examines whether Irish policies and practice in the area of pupil admissions meet and satisfy international human rights standards. In doing so it draws on material from interviews with parents and a survey to schools to provide an insight into how religious admission polices impact on the lives and rights of …
Ensuring that Others Behave Responsibly
Governance produces a complex landscape of public power that state authorities have to take account of when discharging their duties under international human rights law. A traditional model of human rights law views the state as the primary duty-holder. However, to restrict the reach of human rights law to actions carried out by state bodies is extremely problematic in a context where the private and voluntary sectors are involved in service del…
Acculturation and religion in schools
This paper aims to explore the relationship between religious identity, acculturation strategies and perceptions of acculturation orientation in the school context amongst young people from minority belief backgrounds. Based on a qualitative study including interviews with 26 young people from religious minority belief backgrounds in Northern Ireland, it is argued that acculturation theory provides a useful lens for understanding how young people…
International Human Rights Law
In the Republic of Ireland the vast majority of primary schools are owned and run by the Catholic and Protestant Churches. There is no parallel state system of education. Religious education in schools is doctrinal in nature and is permitted to permeate throughout the school curriculum. In addition, legislative provisions permit schools to discriminate in favour of co-religionists in admissions and employment policies. In the absence of the provi…
A discriminating education system
Irish equality legislation permits discrimination in favour of co-religionists in admission policies to state-funded schools. This article examines whether Irish policies and practice in the area of pupil admissions meet and satisfy international human rights standards. In doing so it draws on material from interviews with parents and a survey to schools to provide an insight into how religious admission polices impact on the lives and rights of …
Ensuring that Others Behave Responsibly
Governance produces a complex landscape of public power that state authorities have to take account of when discharging their duties under international human rights law. A traditional model of human rights law views the state as the primary duty-holder. However, to restrict the reach of human rights law to actions carried out by state bodies is extremely problematic in a context where the private and voluntary sectors are involved in service del…
A discriminating education system
Irish equality legislation permits discrimination in favour of co-religionists in admission policies to state-funded schools. This article examines whether Irish policies and practice in the area of pupil admissions meet and satisfy international human rights standards. In doing so it draws on material from interviews with parents and a survey to schools to provide an insight into how religious admission polices impact on the lives and rights of …
Cultural perspectives
Acculturation and religion in schools
This paper aims to explore the relationship between religious identity, acculturation strategies and perceptions of acculturation orientation in the school context amongst young people from minority belief backgrounds. Based on a qualitative study including interviews with 26 young people from religious minority belief backgrounds in Northern Ireland, it is argued that acculturation theory provides a useful lens for understanding how young people…
International Human Rights Law
In the Republic of Ireland the vast majority of primary schools are owned and run by the Catholic and Protestant Churches. There is no parallel state system of education. Religious education in schools is doctrinal in nature and is permitted to permeate throughout the school curriculum. In addition, legislative provisions permit schools to discriminate in favour of co-religionists in admissions and employment policies. In the absence of the provi…
Claims of Religious Morality
The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is not a constant. As human rights law has progressively acquired a conceptual status as a means of reconciling tensions, the substantive legal content of the right to freedom to manifest religion or belief has widened. This paper argues that the admittance of claims of religious morality within this expanded understanding of the right exposes the conceptual imprecision underlying the right…
Compulsory curricula and human rights
This paper assesses the effectiveness of current legal standards in resolving rights-based disputes arising from compulsory curricula in schools, an issue of growing significance as such teaching expands in the areas of sexuality, relationship and religious education. Focusing on Article 2 of Protocol 1 (P1-2) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), it critiques the current reliance on the ‘objective, critical, and pluralistic’ (OCP) s…
Sociology (6 works) · Human rights (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Religious Education and Schools (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Religious Freedom and Discrimination (3 works) · Curriculum (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Human Rights and Development (2 works)