Human Rights and Religion - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Religion

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 12 pages of information about Human Rights and Religion.

Human Rights and Religion - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Religion

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 12 pages of information about Human Rights and Religion.
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGION. Human rights are a secular, supposedly normative (because often defined as "universal") doctrine of ethical behavior embedded in national, regional, and international systems of law under the authority of the United Nations (UN) and implemented with varying degrees of success and failure. Indicative of the enhanced role of religion in global politics, the relationship between religion and human rights remains complex and diverse, covering a variety of ever-fluctuating geopolitical situations.

Universal Human Rights

The 1945 Charter of the United Nations sets out basic principles upon which international legal standards have been developed. On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, thirty articles that remain fundamental for all subsequent covenants, conventions, and treaties in the field. The preamble to the declaration states that the "recognition of the inherent dignity and...

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