BUDDHISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN TRADITIONAL VIETNAM
Ta Van Tai, Harvard Law School
INTRODUCTION
After years of negotiation, the landmark Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief came in 1981 and served to elaborate on the articles on religion and belief in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Only in the 1980s did the scholarly analysis of the protection of religion and the relationship between human rights and religions start in earnest, with the rise of religion to prominence on the world arena. Several recent international developments have prompted scholars to pay more attention to religion as a human right issue. First, the United States passed with unanimous votes in both houses the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act, making religious freedom a central aspect of American foreign policy, appointing an ambassador at large for international religious freedom, requiring the State Department to submit an annual report on religious freedom worldwide and the President to adopt both carrot and stick measures to discourage other states from committing violations of religious freedom.
READ HERE: BUDDHISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN TRADITIONAL VIETNAM Microsoft Word - 42EC03D4-35FB-18C954.doc
After years of negotiation, the landmark Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief came in 1981 and served to elaborate on the articles on religion and belief in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Only in the 1980s did the scholarly analysis of the protection of religion and the relationship between human rights and religions start in earnest, with the rise of religion to prominence on the world arena. Several recent international developments have prompted scholars to pay more attention to religion as a human right issue. First, the United States passed with unanimous votes in both houses the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act, making religious freedom a central aspect of American foreign policy, appointing an ambassador at large for international religious freedom, requiring the State Department to submit an annual report on religious freedom worldwide and the President to adopt both carrot and stick measures to discourage other states from committing violations of religious freedom.
READ HERE: BUDDHISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN TRADITIONAL VIETNAM Microsoft Word - 42EC03D4-35FB-18C954.doc
Gửi ý kiến của bạn
