PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF FOR ALL: Challenges and Opportunities
Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief (FoRB) is one of the cornerstones of pluralism, and growing evidence indicates that respect for religious pluralism is indispensable to peace and security. The protection for the right to FoRB enables people of all faiths and none to live togeth...
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| description | Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief (FoRB) is one of the cornerstones of pluralism, and growing evidence indicates that respect for religious pluralism is indispensable to peace and security. The protection for the right to FoRB enables people of all faiths and none to live together, learn from each other, and be treated equally. In other words, the right to FoRB is fundamental to peaceful and inclusive societies. However, religious persecution and discrimination worldwide continue to speak to the widespread challenges facing our ability to adequately promote and protect this right. This article examines some of the reasons for these deficits, including widespread misconceptions about the normative content of FoRB, and the challenges of securitisation and politicisation of religion. It also identifies some of the emerging opportunities to address them, including increasing international investments in promoting FoRB and relevant normative and practical tools to guide actions by stakeholders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4bfb114da97443a38f494ba3a71f32e42022-12-21T20:22:05ZengAssociação Direitos Humanos em RedeSur: International Journal on Human Rights1806-64451983-33422019-08-0116294351PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF FOR ALL: Challenges and OpportunitiesAhmed Shaheed0Ahmed Shaheed is the current UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. He is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights in the School of Law and Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex He previously served as UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran.Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief (FoRB) is one of the cornerstones of pluralism, and growing evidence indicates that respect for religious pluralism is indispensable to peace and security. The protection for the right to FoRB enables people of all faiths and none to live together, learn from each other, and be treated equally. In other words, the right to FoRB is fundamental to peaceful and inclusive societies. However, religious persecution and discrimination worldwide continue to speak to the widespread challenges facing our ability to adequately promote and protect this right. This article examines some of the reasons for these deficits, including widespread misconceptions about the normative content of FoRB, and the challenges of securitisation and politicisation of religion. It also identifies some of the emerging opportunities to address them, including increasing international investments in promoting FoRB and relevant normative and practical tools to guide actions by stakeholders.https://sur.conectas.org/en/protecting-and-promoting-the-right-to-freedom-of-religion-and-belief-for-all/human rightsreligious intolerancereligion |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed Shaheed PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF FOR ALL: Challenges and Opportunities Sur: International Journal on Human Rights human rights religious intolerance religion |
| title | PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF FOR ALL: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full | PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF FOR ALL: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF FOR ALL: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF FOR ALL: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_short | PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF FOR ALL: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_sort | protecting and promoting the right to freedom of religion and belief for all challenges and opportunities |
| topic | human rights religious intolerance religion |
| url | https://sur.conectas.org/en/protecting-and-promoting-the-right-to-freedom-of-religion-and-belief-for-all/ |
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