
Making Religion and Human Rights at the United Nations
Helge Årsheim(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 23. July 2018
Book
Hardback
VII, 316 pages
978-3-11-047653-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume examines the different and sometimes contradictory approaches of four UN human rights committees to the concept of religion. Drawing on critical perspectives from religious studies, the book combines a genealogical assessment of the role of religion in international law with a detailed textual study of the reporting practice of the committees monitoring racial discrimination, civil and political rights, women's rights, and children's rights. Årsheim argues that the role of religion within the rights traditions monitored by the committees varies to the extent that their recommendations risk contradicting one another, thereby undermining their credibility and potential to bring about real change on the ground: Where some committees view religion singularly as a core individual right, others see religion partly as an inherent threat to the realization of other rights, but also as a potent social force to be reckoned with. In order to remedy this situation, Årsheim proposes the publication of a joint general comment by all the committees, spelling out their approach to the role of religion in the implementation of human rights.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
2
2 s/w Abbildungen
2 b/w ill.
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
639 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-047653-8 (9783110476538)
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Person
Helge Årsheim, Universität Oslo, Norwegen.
Helge Årsheim, University of Oslo, Norway.
Helge Årsheim, University of Oslo, Norway.