Course Content (Syllabus)
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM & HUMAN RIGHTS
European and International Protection
Courses in 13 Weeks by Professor Constantinos Papageorgiou
Diagram
1. An introductory to the history and international protection of human rights
2. A typology: civil and political rights / economic, social and cultural rights
3. International protection of religious freedom
▪ the Charter of the United Nations (1945)
• the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
• the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
• the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
(1969)
• the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).
4. European Convention on Human Rights (Rome, 4.11.1950)
5. Jurisprudence (Court Decisions) of European Court on Human Rights (Strasburg): presentation and analytical approach
6. Religious Freedom
▪ Freedom of Religious Conscience
▪ Freedom of Worship
▪ Limitations to religious freedom
7. Religious Freedom in each Member State of European Union: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden etc.