The Right to Religious Freedom in International Law

Human Rights

The Right to Religious Freedom in International Law Between Group Rights and Individual Rights

By Anat Scolnicov
Routledge September 2012

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780415813488
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
September 2012
Format
Paperback , 250 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

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.

Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Anat Scolnicov is the Director of studies and a College Lecturer in Law at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, UK.

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