The Ambiguous Relationship Between Religious Minorities and Fundamental (minority) Rights

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-90-8974-535-4
Verlag: eleven

Buch, Englisch

On 29 October 2010 Kristin Henrard accepted the position of extra-ordinary professor on minority protection at the Erasmus School of Law, a chair which is funded by the Trustfonds of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In her inaugural speech, Henrard first of all revisits the relationship between and temporal evolution of general (human) rights and special (minority specific) rights, by showing how fundamental rights were originally conceived for and tailored towards the needs of (religious) minorities. In the second part of her inaugural address she exposes the ambiguous relationship between religious minorities and fundamental (minority) rights. Indeed, while religious minorities, and the protection they were considered to need, may have triggered the emergence of both general human rights and special minority rights, subsequently their special needs (in terms of human dignity, identity and substantive equality) were neglected, and this in terms of both general human rights and special minority rights. She consequently calls for a redress of the current imbalance – more particularly by a refinement of the existing norms.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Henrard, K.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit