I received a formal and irrelevant answer from the Deputy Head of Administration A.A. Mayevskaya, Minsk City Executive Committee Education Department, with a Rejection of my Appeal submitted on 2020.05.19 to the Minister of Education I.V. Karpenko regarding the Monastery School, my children are forced I to I Attend I by I their mother Ms. Trafimovich L.A.
Maevskaya Anna Alexandrovna (Маевская Анна Александровна),
Deputy head of the Education Department of the Administration of the Central District of Minsk
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Deputy Head of Administration of the Central District of Minsk met with students
Deputy Head A.A. Mayevskaya avoided giving answers to the issues raised in my appeal, backed up with provided facts. (Editor’s note: the Rule of Law does not Exist in Belarus).
The Complete Answer:
On considering the appeal
Dear Nicolas,
The Administration of the Tsentralny District of the City of Minsk has considered your appeal to the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus. Based on the results of consideration, we hereby report the following.
A father and a mother have equal rights and obligations in relation to their children unless otherwise provided in the Shared Parenting Agreement or determined in court.
According to the decision of the Oktyabrsky District Court of the City of Minsk, dated December 27, 2018, the place of residence of your children was determined as the place of residence of the mother (L.A. Trafimovich).
According to Art. 73 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Marriage and Family, parents are the legal representatives of their minor children and advocate for their rights and legitimate interests in relations with any persons and organizations.
The minor Anthoula Anthie Cheropoulou, born in 2012, lives with her mother, who represents the interests of the child in educational, medical, and other institutions and also expresses consent (disagreement) on issues arising during the educational and upbringing process and advocates for the rights of her daughter.
The child’s mother chose to teach her daughter Anthoula Anthie Cheropoulou, born in 2012, at the Private Educational Institution “Kindergarten-Secondary School “Ikhvis” “(hereinafter – the Institution), the founder of which is the religious organization “St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk, Minsk Diocese of Belarus Orthodox Church”. This institution is not associated with any destructive organizations.
The educational process at the Institution is carried out in strict accordance with the Articles of Association, the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Education, and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Belarus in the field of education.
In accordance with Article 5 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 2054-XII of December 17, 1992, “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations” (hereinafter – the Law), parents or persons replacing them, by mutual consent, have the right to raise their children in accordance with their own attitude to religion. The state may not interfere in the upbringing of a child based on a certain religious worldview of the parents or persons replacing them, except in cases where the inducement to religious actions directly threatens the life or health of the child and violates his or her legal rights.
Your children are not included in the lists of children recognized as being in a socially dangerous situation. The mother fulfills the duties of raising, educating, and maintaining children, in connection with which violations of the rights of the minors have not been revealed.
According to Part 2 of Art. 75 of the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Marriage and Family, all issues regarding the forms and methods of raising children, their education, attitude to religion, organization of free time, and other issues of raising children are decided by both parents by mutual agreement. Disagreements between parents on the issues of raising children shall be resolved in court.
In accordance with Art. 20 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus, “On Appeals of Citizens and Legal Entities”, this response can be appealed to the Minsk City Executive Committee.
Deputy Head of Administration /signed/ A.A. Mayevskaya
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