Description
The Right to Religious Freedom in International Law
Between Group Rights and Individual Rights
Routledge Research in Human Rights Law Series
Author: Scolnicov Anat
Language: English
Subjects for The Right to Religious Freedom in International Law:
Keywords
Religious Freedom; human; Human Rights; rights; UN; minority; CEDAW Committee; religion; Individual Religious Freedom; hate; Minority Religions; speech; Religious Hate Speech; individual; CEDAW; hatred; UK Court; group; Religious Legal System; personal; Group Right; Religious Speech; Proposed American Declaration; Personal Law; Communal Religious Freedom; Racial Hate Speech; Hate Speech; Religious Marriages; UK Authority; Muslim Marriages; Religious Personal Law; Private Denominational School; Muslim Personal Law; Child’s Welfare; Child’s Religious Upbringing
Publication date: 09-2012
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 10-2010
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
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This book analyses the right to religious freedom within international law. Analysing legal structures in a variety of both Western and non-Western jurisdictions, the book sets out a topography of the different constitutional structures of religion within the state and their compliance with international human rights law. The book also considers the position of women's religious freedom vis a vis community claims of religious freedom. Taking a rigorous approach to the right, Anat Scolnicov argues that the interpretation and application of religious freedom must be understood as a conflict between individual and group claims of rights, and argues for an individualistic interpretation of this right.
1. Existing Protection of Religious Freedom in International Law 2. Why is there a Right to Freedom of Religion? 3. The Legal Status of Religion in the State 4. Women and Religious Freedom 5. Children, Education and Religious Freedom 6. Religious Freedom as a Right of Free Speech 7. Conclusion
