Open AccessArcheology of international norms of religious freedom
Author(s) -
Cole Durham
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
relìgìjna svoboda
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-0818
pISSN - 2617-9296
DOI - 10.32420/rs.2016.19.1.911
Subject(s) - religious freedom , trace (psycholinguistics) , freedom of religion , law , human rights , political science , sociology , history , philosophy , economic freedom , linguistics
Let us first consider in more detail the very continuum of religious freedom. This will allow us to trace the historical stages in the development of religious freedom. The various stages of this development remain visible as "layers" in modern international legal instruments on human rights. A full account of the history of legal protection in this area leads us to the classic documents of the eighteenth century, which serve as the "progenitors" of the latest decrees on religious freedom