Freedom of Religion
UN and European Human Rights Law and Practice

A critique of the treatment of the right to freedom of religion within the UN and Europe, first published in 2005.

Paul M. Taylor (Author)

9780521672467, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 22 December 2005

436 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.69 kg

"...highly technical and very thorough examination of the law of religious freedom as it has developed in the UN and European Union...it is a treasure trove...Taylor has written a detailed, exhaustive treatment of two different human rights system (UN and Europe) in light of their success or failure in securing religious freedom. It is a work that repays reading and reflection, at least by human rights lawyers."
--William L. Saunders, JR., Senior Fellow in Bioethics and Human Rights Counsel, Family Research Council, Touchstone (January/ebruary 2009)

The scale and variety of acts of religious intolerance evident in so many countries today are of enormous contemporary concern. This 2005 study attempts a thorough and systematic treatment of both Universal and European practice. The standards applicable to freedom of religion are subjected to a detailed critique, and their development and implementation within the UN is distinguished from that within Strasbourg, in order to discern trends and obstacles to their advancement and to highlight the rationale for any apparent departures between the two systems. This dual focus also demonstrates the acute need for the European Court to heed the warnings from various patterns of violation throughout the world illustrated by the Human Rights Committee and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief.

Preface
List of abbreviations
Table of cases, applications and communications
Table of treaties, declarations, and other international instruments
1. Introduction
2. Freedom of religious choice
3. The scope of the forum internum beyond religious choice
4. The right to manifest religious belief and applicable limitations
5. Conclusion
Annexes
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Human rights & civil liberties law [LNDC], International human rights law [LBBR], Ecclesiastical [canon law LAFX], Philosophy of religion [HRAB], Religion: general [HRA]