| Title |
Observance of rights of atheists and relevant legal policies worldwide |
| Translation of Title |
Pagarba ateistų teisėms ir su ja susijusios valstybių teisinio reguliavimo politikos. |
| Authors |
Duplinskyi, Stepan |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
79 |
| Keywords [eng] |
international law ; human rights ; legal status of atheists ; rights of atheists ; equality of atheism and religion before the law |
| Abstract [eng] |
The research is entitled to identifying ways how to deal with human rights violations based on belonging of persons to an atheistic minority. It is dedicated to investigating a doctrinal and legal gap in this respect is influencing the protection of atheists and suggests that it should be eliminated to ensure the observance of atheists’ rights in worldwide. This research is analyzing the international and national acts and cases to introduce the real situation with the observance of rights of atheists. The thesis is investigating the issues arising in the field of religious influence on the public office, education tax exemptions for religious groups and other features influencing rights of atheists. In the end, the research concludes on the disturbing situation regarding atheists in many countries and constitutes an urge to change the doctrinal approach and to underline the necessity to create a consistent and universally applicable international framework with mechanisms, which will accelerate the positive changes. |
| Dissertation Institution |
Mykolo Romerio universitetas. |
| Type |
Master thesis |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2018 |
