The International Human Right to Freedom of Conscience

Download or read book The International Human Right to Freedom of Conscience written by Leonard Hammer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2002: This text addresses the problem of conflict that arises between the human right to freedom of religion and the human right to freedom of belief, for example, certain religious beliefs are in conflict with certain women's rights. The pricipal goal of this book is to distinguish between the more formalized, and recognized, notion of protecting religious beliefs from what is referred to as conscientious beliefs - a belief external to a religious context.