International Religious Freedom

Author : H. Knox Thames,Chris Seiple,Amy Rowe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Freedom of religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124155032

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International Religious Freedom Advocacy by H. Knox Thames,Chris Seiple,Amy Rowe Pdf

The first resource of its kind, International Religious Freedom Advocacy equips activists and policymakers with an intimate knowledge of the governmental institutions, NGOs, and laws that work to safeguard religious liberties across the world. Beginning with an overview of the international legal protections, these advocacy veterans explain the intricacies of and resources available within the United Nations, European Union, Council of Europe, Organization of American States, African Union, and more. They conclude with in-depth case studies of Turkmenistan and Vietnam and a host of additional helpful information.

Author : Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691176222

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Beyond Religious Freedom by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd Pdf

In recent years, North American and European nations have sought to legally remake religion in other countries through an unprecedented array of international initiatives. Policymakers have rallied around the notion that the fostering of religious freedom, interfaith dialogue, religious tolerance, and protections for religious minorities are the keys to combating persecution and discrimination. Beyond Religious Freedom persuasively argues that these initiatives create the very social tensions and divisions they are meant to overcome. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd looks at three critical channels of state-sponsored intervention: international religious freedom advocacy, development assistance and nation building, and international law. She shows how these initiatives make religious difference a matter of law, resulting in a divide that favors forms of religion authorized by those in power and excludes other ways of being and belonging. In exploring the dizzying power dynamics and blurred boundaries that characterize relations between "expert religion," "governed religion," and "lived religion," Hurd charts new territory in the study of religion in global politics. A forceful and timely critique of the politics of promoting religious freedom, Beyond Religious Freedom provides new insights into today's most pressing dilemmas of power, difference, and governance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050472013

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Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2007, February 2008, 110-2 Report, * by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pasquale Annicchino
Publisher : ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 036788609X

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Law and International Religious Freedom by Pasquale Annicchino Pdf

This book analyzes the promotion and protection of freedom of religion in the international arena with a particular focus on the role and influence of the US International Religious Freedom Act, 1998. It also investigates the impact of the IRFA on the legislation and policies of third countries and the EU. The book develops the story of the protection of religious freedom through foreign policy by showing how religious laws affect and shape a more communitarian dimension of the notion of freedom of religion which stands in contrast with a traditionally Western individualistic understanding of the right. It is argued that it is still possible to defend the unstable category of freedom of religion or belief especially when major violations are at stake. The book presents a balanced contribution to the academic debate on the promotion and protection of religious freedom. The comparative approach and interdisciplinary methodology make it a valuable resource for academics, students and policy-makers in Law, International Relations and Strategic Studies.

Author : United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Freedom of religion
ISBN : IND:30000053563510

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Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Pdf

Author : Robert J. Joustra
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317216148

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The Religious Problem with Religious Freedom by Robert J. Joustra Pdf

Rival understandings of the meaning and practice of the religious and the secular lead to rival public perspectives about religion and religious freedom in North America. This book explores how debates over the American Office of Religious Freedom and its International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA, 1998) and very recent debates over the Canadian Office of Religious Freedom (2013) have pitted at least six basic, but very different meanings of the religious and the secular against each other in often undisclosed and usually unproductive ways. Properly naming this ‘religious problem’ is a critical first step to acknowledging and conciliating their practically polar political prescriptions. It must be considered how we are to think about religion in political offices, both the Canadian and the American experience, as an essentially contested term, and one which demands better than postmodern paralysis, what the author terms political theology. This is especially critical since both of these cases are not just about how to deal with religion at home, but how to engage with religion abroad, where real peril, and real practical policy must be undertaken to protect increasingly besieged religious minorities. Finally, a principled pluralist approach to the religious and the secular suggests a way to think outside the ‘religious problem’ and productively enlist and engage the forces of religion resurging around the globe. The book will be of great use to scholars and students in religion and foreign affairs, secularization, political theology, and political theory, as well as professionals and policy makers working in issues relating to religion, religious freedom, and foreign affairs.

Author : Thomas F. Farr
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780195179958

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World of Faith and Freedom by Thomas F. Farr Pdf

Most trouble spots have some sort of religious component, from Iraq and Afghanistan to Israel and Palestine. These conflicts are of great geo-political importance and of interest to the US. Yet, argues Farr, our foreign policy is handicapped by an inability to understand the role of religion in these places.

Author : James P. MacGuire
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498596978

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International Religious Freedom by James P. MacGuire Pdf

Religious oppression, up to and including genocide, remains a real and under-reported reality for many people in Asia, Africa, Europe and even North America today. This book documents that reality and recommends specific measures to report and alleviate it.

Author : Don C. Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Freedom of religion
ISBN : 1626188963

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International Religious Freedom Act by Don C. Hunter Pdf

Because of concerns about increasing restrictions on religious rights around the world, Congress passed the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (the Act) to strengthen U.S. advocacy of individuals persecuted in foreign countries on account of religion. According to the Act, more than half of the world's population was living under governments that severely restricted or prohibited freedom of religion. This book examines the elements and implementation efforts of the International Religious Freedom Act with a focus on its objectives, scope and methodology.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063577154

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Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2004 and Designations of Countries of Particular Concern by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations Pdf

Author : Waheeda Amien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3036525092

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Religious Freedom in the Global South by Waheeda Amien Pdf

The aim of this book is to create a space for contributions on religious freedom in the Global South. The contributions speak to diverse themes underscoring religious freedom in the Global South including the impact of religious freedom on majority and minority religious communities, the relationship between religious freedom and the state, and the relationship between religious freedom and other fundamental human rights. Through the adoption of inter- and multidisciplinary approaches, and with reference to various religions such as Islam, Hinduism, Sufism, Sikhism, and Christianity, contributors address the themes across several regions in the world including Africa, South Asia, South-East Asia, South America, and Eastern Europe. Depending on the social, legal, and political context and by relying on diverse examples such as the Muslim call to prayer (adhan), domestic violence, animal sacrifice, religious conversions, abortion, the rights of LGBT persons, and religious education in the public sphere, the contributions illustrate how religious freedom can undermine or promote the rights of majority or minority religious communities, and how it can impact on the rights of marginalised members within minority religious communities.

Author : Sylvie Langlaude
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004162662

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The Right of the Child to Religious Freedom in International Law by Sylvie Langlaude Pdf

Religious children -- A model of the right of the child to religious freedom -- The ICCPR -- The UNCRC -- The special rapporteur -- The ECHR

Author : Fabienne Bretscher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429559174

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Protecting the Religious Freedom of New Minorities in International Law by Fabienne Bretscher Pdf

This book examines the interpretation and application of the right to freedom of religion and belief of new minorities formed by recent migration by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC). New minorities are increasingly confronted with restrictions of their religious practices and have addressed their rights claims both to the ECtHR and the HRC through their individual complaint procedures, which resulted in several contradicting decisions. Based on a quantitative and qualitative empirical analysis of the relevant case law, focusing in particular on the reasoning adopted by the two bodies, this book finds that the HRC in its practice offers a significantly higher level of protection to new minorities than the ECtHR. Such divergence may be explained by various institutional and conceptual differences, of which the concept of the margin of appreciation is the most influential. It is contended that the extensive use of the concept of the margin of appreciation by the ECtHR in the case law regarding new minorities’ right to freedom of religion and belief, and the absence of such concept in the HRC’s case law, could be explained by different understandings of the role of an international human rights body in conflicts between the majority and minorities. This book argues that such divergence could be mitigated with various tools, such as the inclusion of cross-references to the case law of other relevant bodies as well as to instruments specifically established for the protection of minorities. The book will be of interest to academics, researchers and practitioners in the area of international human rights law, international public law in general and law and religion.

Author : United States commission on international religious freedom,Etats-Unis. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1437901034

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Report of the U. S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on the International Religious Freedom Act and the State Department's Annual Report on International Religious Freedom by United States commission on international religious freedom,Etats-Unis. Department of State Pdf

One of the guiding purposes and principles behind the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) is to make the issue of international religious freedom an integral part of this nation's foreign policy agenda. The conditions of religious freedom in certain countries may be grave and deteriorating -- in many instances on account of factors beyond the control of the U.S. -- but not, if the IRFA process is working properly and vigorously, on account of a lack of attention paid to the issue as a matter of U.S. foreign policy. This report of the U.S. Comm. on International Religious Freedom assesses the vitality and effectiveness of certain parts of the IRFA process as it is functioning in its second year.

Author : Brett G. Scharffs,Asher Maoz,Ashley Isaacson Woolley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351369718

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Religious Freedom and the Law by Brett G. Scharffs,Asher Maoz,Ashley Isaacson Woolley Pdf

This volume presents a timely analysis of some of the current controversies relating to freedom for religion and freedom from religion that have dominated headlines worldwide. The collection trains the lens closely on select issues and contexts to provide detailed snapshots of the ways in which freedom for and from religion are conceptualized, protected, neglected, and negotiated in diverse situations and locations. A broad range of issues including migration, education, the public space, prisons and healthcare are discussed drawing examples from Europe, the US, Asia, Africa and South America. Including contributions from leading experts in the field, the book will be essential reading for researchers and policy-makers interested in Law and Religion.