The United Nations and Freedom of Religion

Abstract

religious practices. If practices affect only the volunteer adherents of that religion they should not be legally objectionable. On the contrary, for the sake of a healthy, pluralistic society the law should go out of its way to tolerate diversity and non-conformity. It is when the religious practices of one group come into conflict with the practices, or lack of them, of another that societies can experience difficulties. In today's world the contexts in which these conflicts usually occur are education, family life and church/State relations. In the field of education the conflict is often about whether a religious practice should be tolerated within a State school environment (e.g. the wearing of head-* Professor of Law, University of Ulster. I am indebted to The'rese Murphy, Lecturer in Law at the University of Nottingham, for invaluable comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Needless to say, responsibility for the views Anally expressed, and for any errors, remains mine alone.

The Meaning and Implication of ICCPR Ratification to Religious Freedom in Indonesia

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