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(b)
Protection and promotion of the right to manifest one’s religion or
belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching; of the right to peaceful
assembly and association in connection with a religion or belief; of the right
to teach a religion or belief in places suitable for those purposes; and of
the right to observe days of rest and to celebrate holidays and ceremonies in
accordance with the precepts of one’s religion or belief;
(c)
Prevention and elimination of discrimination on the grounds of
religion or belief and, in particular, protection against discrimination in
the areas of education, access to public posts, employment, the practice of a
profession, and marriage;
(d)
Legal measures for dealing with offences related to religious
beliefs or feelings and protection of the places, ceremonies and traditions
linked to religion or belief;
(e)
Conscientious objection to military service;
(f)
Education, including in particular the religious education of
children and adults, and provisions and practices in that field; and
(g)
Legal restrictions on the above-mentioned rights.
ARGENTINA
27.
On 2 June 1994, the Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic to the
United Nations Office at Geneva transmitted the following general information
to the Special Rapporteur:
"The Argentine Government has submitted to Congress a draft law on
religious freedom which sets forth the contents of that right in the
light of consistent national case-law, commitments under the human rights
instruments in force in the country and international law as expressed in
the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and
Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief.
Without ruling out the possibility of communicating the text at a
later date, we will refer here to the major principles of the draft law,
which is currently before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Worship of
the House of Deputies and which has already been passed by the Senate.
The draft law consists of 22 articles divided into six chapters on
the following subjects: (i) basic principles; (ii) relations with the
Apostolic Roman Catholic Church; (iii) the Register of Churches and
Denominations; (iv) the Consultative Council for Religious Questions;
(v) protection of religious freedom; and (vi) transitional provisions.
In its current form, the draft law derogates both from the law
currently in force on the subject, Act No. 21745, approved and
promulgated on 10 February 1978, and from regulatory Decree No. 2037/79.