The right to religious freedom in international law: between group rights and individual rights

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (01) ◽  
pp. 49-0529-49-0529
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Group Rights ◽  
The Right

scholarly journals La protección de la esfera individual del derecho de libertad religiosa: desafíos actuales en el derecho chileno y comparado

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-180
Author(s):  
Miguel Sánchez-Lasheras
Keyword(s):  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Comparative Law ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Individual Dimension

Resumen: Con frecuencia se recalca la importancia de proteger el derecho de libertad religiosa, pero, sin embargo, se desconoce el contenido específico de este importante derecho fundamental. En el presente artículo se exponen, de manera sintética, los derechos y libertades que conforman la dimensión individual de la libertad religiosa. Los principales ejemplos de normas positivas se refieren a la República de Chile, si bien se traen a colación algunos temas de actualidad en el contexto internacional y comparado.Palabras clave: Libertad religiosa. Derechos individuales. Derecho chileno. Derecho comparado. Abstract: The importance of protecting the right to religious freedom is often stressed, but nonetheless, the content of this important fundamental right is sometimes unknown. This article tries to expose, in a synthetic way, the rights and freedoms that shape the individual dimension of religious freedom. The main examples of positive laws refer to the Republic of Chile, although some current issues in the international and comparative context are also mentioned.Keywords: Religious freedom. Individual rights. Chilean law. Comparative law.

Althusius

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas O. Hueglin
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
International Law ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Group Rights ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Modern System

This chapter argues that the contribution of Johannes Althusius to system and order in international law lies in his early-modern construction of a federal theory of politics not yet based on the distinction of national and international law and thus of heuristic value for a post-modern system of transnational order. Widely read at the time, Althusius was harshly condemned during the age of absolutism and largely forgotten in a modern world of sovereign nation-states. The rise of the modern federal state with its strict separation of powers and the assumption of indivisible centralized sovereignty also kept him at the margins as a theorist of federalism. As this chapter attempts to show, reading Althusius can help conceptualizing a post-Westphalian international political order in which individual rights would be complemented by the collective or group rights of a plurality of smaller and larger communities.

Part III The Right to Justice, C Restrictions on Rules of Law Justified By Action to Combat Impunity, Principle 26 Restrictions on Extradition/Non Bis in Idem

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roth Robert
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Double Jeopardy ◽  
Ne Bis In Idem ◽  
The Right ◽  
Oriented Approach

Principle 26 deals with restrictions on extradition and the principle non bis in idem. More specifically, it addresses obstacles to extradition and double jeopardy (ne bis in idem), two issues that both place restrictions rather than prohibitions on the exercise of criminal jurisdiction than interdictions to assert jurisdiction. The principle ne bis in idem and extradition law have evolved from a ‘State-oriented’ approach into an ‘individual-oriented approach’. Principle 26 highlights a series of controversial issues, including the denial of extradition to countries enforcing the death penalty to the so-called ‘shield trials’, and tries to strike a balance between the fight against impunity and the enhancement of individual rights for persons facing trials, even for ‘serious crimes under international law’. This chapter first provides a contextual and historical background on Principle 26 before discussing its theoretical framework and how the Principle has been applied in practice.

Children and Religion under Article 14 UNCRC: A Critical Analysis

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Langlaude
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Right

AbstractThis article examines the text of Article 14 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 and the work of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. It considers the text of the Article and its travaux préparatoires; it then provides an analysis of the issues considered by the Committee: the concept of the evolving capacities of the child, freedom of religious choice, freedom of manifestation, and education. It also highlights the problems that have emerged in the Committee's work, in the light of a theoretical framework of the right of the child to religious freedom in international law. It concludes that the Committee fails children in relation to their religion and suggests some positive steps to be taken by the Committee.

Changing rights and wrongs

Focaal ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (47) ◽  
pp. 32-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Salemink
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Group Rights ◽  
Collective Group ◽  
Universal Human Rights

In the context of the conflict-ridden relationship with the Vietnamese state and the growing transnational interference by their vociferous diaspora, this paper analyzes particular shifts in the framing of their rights. A notion of collective group rights that are by definition particularistic and exclusive has given way to individual rights (especially religious freedom) that are universal and inclusive. Simultaneously, a localized and communal emphasis has changed to a transnational one oriented toward international fora. Local interests and aspirations thus come to be framed as universal human rights that pertain to individuals, rather than local rights that pertain to collectives. In this light, recent attempts to theorize minority or indigenous rights appear to be ineffective and will probably be counter-productive.

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