Freedom from Religion and Human Rights Law: Strengthening the Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief for Non-Religious and Atheist Rights-Holders
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Freedom of religion or belief -- 1. The meaning of âreligionâ and âbelief â in international law -- Article 18 -- 1.1. Defining âreligionâ and âbelief â -- 1.2. Pluralism...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
Taylor and Francis
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: McAdam, Marika: Freedom from Religion and Human Rights Law : Strengthening the Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief for Non-Religious and Atheist Rights-Holders. - Milton : Taylor and Francis,c2017. - 9781138632967 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Freedom of religion or belief -- 1. The meaning of âreligionâ and âbelief â in international law -- Article 18 -- 1.1. Defining âreligionâ and âbelief â -- 1.2. Pluralism as the guiding principle -- 2. ICCPR Article 18 and the plurality of religion and belief -- 2.1. Freedom to have or adopt a religion or belief -- 2.2. Freedom to manifest religion or belief -- 2.3. Freedom from coercion -- 3. Limitations to manifestations -- 3.1. Fewer limitations to article 18 than for other rights -- 3.2. Limitations favour religion over non-religion -- 3.3. Non-derogability of article 18 -- 4. Conclusion: The limits of article 18 to protect freedom from religion -- 2. The hierarchy of religion and belief -- 1. Established, major religions at the top of the hierarchy -- 1.1. High influence of religious non-state actors -- 1.2. Weak regulation of religious non-state actors -- 2. New, unusual or emerging religions and beliefs -- 2.1. High persecution of new or âunusualâ religions -- 2.2. Low protection of new or âunusualâ religions -- 3. Non-religion and atheism at the bottom of the hierarchy -- 3.1. High persecution of non-believers and atheists -- 3.2. Low protection of non-believers and atheists -- 4. Conclusion: Non-religious and atheist rights-holders neglected -- 3. Freedom from proselytism -- 1. Proselytism as a manifestation of religion -- 1.1. Advantage of proselytism to major religions -- 1.2. Disadvantage of non-proselytising religions and beliefs -- 1.3. Non-applicability of right to proselytise to non-religious rights-holders -- 2. Forms of improper coercion -- 2.1. Proselytism through threats or violence -- 2.2. Proselytism through exploitation of circumstance 2.3. Proselytism through exposure to religious symbols -- 3. Determining where coercion undermines choice -- 3.1. Attributes of the source and target of proselytism -- 3.2. Location and nature of proselytism -- 3.3. Context of the proselytism -- 4. Conclusion: The need to prioritise rights over religions -- 4. Freedom from hate -- 1. Article 20 and hate speech in the name of religion -- 2. Pro-religious bias of article 20 -- 2.1. Hatred in the name of religion -- 2.2. Homophobia: Prohibited discrimination or a religious right? -- 3. Weak protection of non-believers and atheists from hate speech -- 4. Conclusion: Curtailing incitement of violence against atheists -- 5. Freedom from parents -- 1. Balancing rights of parents and children -- 1.1. The rights and liberties of parents over their children -- 1.2. The rights and evolving capacities of the child -- 2. Freedom from coercive religious or moral education -- 2.1. The liberties of the parent -- 2.2. The best interests of the child -- 3. Freedom from religious circumcision -- 3.1. The childâs right to health -- 3.2. The childâs freedom of religion and belief -- 4. Conclusion: The need to protect children from their parents -- 6. Conclusion -- 1. Indefensibility of pro-religious bias of human rights law -- 1.1. Relevance of the inherent value of religion and belief -- 1.2. Relevance of religion or belief in social life -- 2. Freedom from religion as the measure of religious freedom -- 2.1. Pluralism as the guiding principle -- 2.2. Freedom from religion as the litmus test -- Bibliography |
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| ISBN: | 1351802208 |