The themes and issues explored in this book - religion, human
rights, politics and society could not be more relevant to the post
11 September 2001 world. They lie at the heart of global political
debate today. The collection explores these issues after the
passing of just over two decades from the adoption of the United
Nations Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance
and Discrimination based on Religion or Belief. That declaration
set out minimum international standards for the elimination of such
discrimination. Sadly the challenge of intolerance on the basis of
religion or belief continues to plague us, and tackling it seems to
have become increasingly entrenched. The complexity of this
phenomenon requires expertise from different quarters. This
collection draws from diplomatic, activist and theological quarters
and benefits from the analysis of scholars of law, history,
religious studies and sociology. The ten chapters of this
collection examine the relationship between human rights, law and
religion; offer a typology for the study of religious persecution;
problematise the consequences flowing from religious establishment
in religiously plural society; analyse the implications of the
directions being taken by the jurisprudence of the European Court
of Human Rights and the protections offered by the European
Commission council Directive 2000/43/EC outlawing workplace
discrimination; study the 1981 Declaration and its promotion
through the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of
Religion or Belief; and explore the intricacies of this freedom in
detail from within the context of the United Kingdom and The
Netherlands.
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