A partial exemption was granted in accordance with the new law.

Finally, the State party notes that the Committee did not object to a partial exemption scheme, nor supported the authors' claims for a full exemption.

Such violation, however, could have been avoided by applications for partial exemption.

4.2 Subsequently, Maria attended segments of the tutoring under the partial exemption arrangement.

10.5 On the State party's claim that they did not exhaust domestic remedies because they did not apply for partial exemption, the authors submit that two of them actually applied for partial exemption but that they reverted to an application for full exemption when they realized that the partial exemption arrangement did not protect their children from religious influence, and was perceived by them and the children to be stigmatizing.

It is also claimed that the partial exemption procedure violates the prohibition of discrimination.

The Committee notes the authors' contention that the partial exemption arrangements do not satisfy their needs, since teaching of the CKREE subject leans too heavily towards religious instruction, and that partial exemption is impossible to implement in practice.

However, I cannot state that the partial exemption will be in contravention of the conventions.

The partial exemption arrangement provides for exemptions from certain activities but not from certain knowledge.

9.3 Proposals for amendments and guidelines for partial exemption to the CKREE subject were then drafted.

After proceedings in the Supreme court, the State party introduced a standard form of notification of partial exemption from CKREE.

8.6 The authors did not avail themselves of the possibility of applying for partial exemption their cases concern applications for full exemption from the CKREE subject.

One of the reports concluded that, the partial exemption arrangements did not function in a way that parents' rights were sufficiently protected .

Subsequently, the Ministry issued a press release stating that the partial exemption does not function as intended and should therefore be thoroughly reviewed .

It is pointed out that large groups of Norwegian society continue to have problems with the partial exemption arrangement.

Accordingly, the authors claim that their right to full exemption is protected by the Covenant, and the State party's argument that they should have applied for partial exemption is dismissed as irrelevant.

The Supreme Court concluded that the CKREE subject with its partial exemption clause is in full compliance with international human rights.

Nor would it be implausible to expect that such persons would be deterred from exercising that right, insofar as a regime of partial exemption could create problems for children which are different from those that may be present in a total exemption scheme.

The parents did not apply for partial exemption as they did not consider it to be of any use in their case.

7.8 The partial exemption arrangement implies that there shall be communication between the parents and the school about what they consider problematic.

This fact, however, is not relevant to the present case, and does not change the authors' view on the partial exemption procedure.

The Government appointed two research institutions to examine how the CKREE subject and in particular the partial exemption procedure worked in practice.

The State party affirms that a partial exemption clause is, in general and in respect to CKREE in particular, the only viable way of carrying out mandatory education.

Subsequently, Pia Suzanne was enrolled under the partial exemption from the CKREE subject, an arrangement that did not work according to her parents' wishes.

The claim under article 18 should be held inadmissible because the authors have not exhausted the available and effective remedy of requesting partial exemption.

Partial exemption arrangements do not secure these parental rights, as those parts of tuition that may be exempted from, still are imparted to the student.

The concluding remarks of the evaluation reports indicated that in the majority of the cases, partial exemptions operated satisfactorily, most parents found that the CKREE worked well for their children and that few teachers perceived partial exemption as source of practical problems.

The Committee noted the information provided by the Government regarding girl's partial or total exemption from school fees and the programmes to increase the enrolment rate of girls.

The authors affirm that even if partial exemption arrangements were satisfactory in the majority of cases and only few teachers faced practical problems, this is irrelevant to the present case.

The press release from the Ministry of Church, Education and Research stated that both investigations concluded that the partial exemption arrangement did not operate as planned and should therefore be reviewed.

As far as the State party is aware, none of the authors have had requests for partial exemption rejected, and certainly, no rejections have been brought before the domestic courts for judicial review.

14.4 The second question to be examined thus is whether the partial exemption arrangements and other avenues provide for non discriminatory exemptions or alternatives that would accommodate the wishes of parents or guardians .

The authors concluded that a partial exemption did not work in practice and appealed the decision to the Director of Education in Oslo and Akershus, who upheld the school's rejection in rulings of 25 May 1998 and January 2000.

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This performs a partial request for a URI.

A standardised form for applications for exemption from religious activities was issued to simplify existing exemption arrangements.

7.9 The partial exemption arrangement also requires that the authors describe to the school officers, the segments of the CKREE education that conflict with their own convictions, thus violating their right to privacy under article 17 of the Covenant.

7.12 In relation to the children, it is submitted that the partial exemption means that they shall not participate in the activity stipulated in the syllabus, but would gradually obtain the same knowledge of the theme in question as other pupils.

14.6 The Committee considers, however, that even in the abstract, the present system of partial exemption imposes a considerable burden on persons in the position of the authors, insofar as it requires them to acquaint themselves with those aspects of the subject which are clearly of a religious nature, as well as with other aspects, with a view to determining which of the other aspects they may feel a need to seek and justify exemption from.

As to the notion of arbitrariness, the State party refers to the Committee's general comment No. 16, paragraph 4, and to the positive interests that the CKREE subject pursues, and submits that the partial exemption clause must be considered both reasonable and proportionate.

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10.9 The authors consider that the CKREE subject itself constitutes a breach of their right to decide on their children's life stance education, and that a possible partial exemption in their cases would have encompassed such a great part of the subject that it would have exceeded the 50 per cent limit indicated in the travaux préparatoires.