Criteria and constraints: the Human Rights Committee’s test on limiting the freedom of religion or belief

The Human Rights Committee—the treaty body established under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights—performs a vital function in supervising the Covenant’s implementation. This article presents an analytical account of the Committee’s approach to determining the permissibility of l...

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Другие заглавия:Special Issue: Limitations to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Theory and Practice, edited by Nazila Ghanea & Thiago Alves Pinto
Главный автор: Gunatillake, Gehan (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Brill, Nijhoff 2020
В: Religion and human rights
Год: 2020, Том: 15, Выпуск: 1/2, Страницы: 20-38
Индексация IxTheo:AA Религиоведение
AB Философия религии
AD Социология религии
XA Право
Другие ключевые слова:B limitation clauses
B freedom of religion or belief
B Human Rights
B Human Rights Committee
B ICCPR
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Итог:The Human Rights Committee—the treaty body established under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights—performs a vital function in supervising the Covenant’s implementation. This article presents an analytical account of the Committee’s approach to determining the permissibility of limitations on the freedom of religion or belief under the Covenant. It finds that the Committee has set out certain primary legal criteria when determining the permissibility of a limitation. The Committee has then articulated certain additional normative constraints that apply to states’ authority to limit rights—such as the requirement that the limitation be compatible with the principle of non-discrimination. Based on an analysis of the Committee’s general comments and jurisprudence, the author argues that the Committee has offered a path towards imposing on states a heavier burden to justify limitations on the freedom of religion or belief.
ISSN:1871-0328
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Religion and human rights
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18710328-BJA10002