Religious Freedom, Democracy, and International Human Rights

Authors

John Witte Jr., Emory University School of LawFollow
M. Christian Green, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University School of LawFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

John Witte, Jr. 0000-0001-8929-0267

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Keywords

Religious and ethnic conflict, Religious balkanization, Religious freedom, International law, Human rights norms, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Defamation of religion

Abstract

Clearly, religion and freedom do not yet coincide in many countries, however rosy their new constitutional claims are as to religious rights and freedoms for all. Apostasy, Blasphemy, Conversion, Defamation, and Evangelization-these are the new alphabet of religious rights violation in a number of regions around the world. Occurring at the intersection of religion and international human rights, these violations are also challenges to the universality of human rights and the democratic institutions that generate and affirm them.

First Page

583

Publication Title

Emory International Law Review

Recommended Citation

John Witte Jr. & M. Christian Green, Religious Freedom, Democracy, and International Human Rights, 23 EMORY INT'l L. REV. 583 (2009).