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| Using Legislation to Protect Against Unethical Conversions in Sri Lanka | ||
| 作者 | Owens, Alexandra (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Law and Religion |
| 卷期 | v.22 n.2 |
| 出版日期 | 2006/2007 |
| 頁次 | 323 - 351 |
| 出版者 | Cambridge University Press |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.cambridge.org/ |
| 出版地 | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | The year 2006 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. In her recent report to the United Nations General Assembly, Asma Jahangir, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, stated that despite the time that has elapsed since the Declaration was drafted, it “seems evident that contentious religious issues have not only evolved but also become more acute in many societies.” In a report submitted to the Commission on Human Rights in late 2004, the Special Rapporteur listed “the continuing violations of human rights of members of certain religious minorities, as well as the still widely applied practice of forced conversion” among the main concerns in the area of freedom of religion. Jahangir said that she considers that “such a practice breaches the strongest and most fundamental part of freedom of religion or belief and should be given greater attention by the international community.” In May 2005 the Special Rapporteur made an in situ visit to Sri Lanka—a country where the issue of unethical conversions has fueled religious tensions in recent years. Approximately 69% of Sri Lanka's population are Buddhists, followed by Hindus (15%), Christians (8%), Muslims (7%) and others (1%). Despite such a majority, the ethnic conflict which has affected Sri Lanka for decades, and which began to escalate again in December 2005 and throughout 2006-07, has been largely devoid of a religious element: relations between the different religious groups have for some time been relatively peaceful. This religious co-existence has, however, begun to deteriorate, due largely to the issue of unethical conversions and a desire to protect the majority religion. |
| 目次 | Introduction 323 Freedom of Religion in Sri Lanka 326 Constitutional Protections 327 The Incorporation Cases 329 The Push for Anti-Conversion Legislation 333 Proposed Anti-Conversion Legislation in Sri Lanka 335 Government and JHU Bills 335 The Prohibition of Conversion by Force, Fraud or Allurement 336 Conversions Where There is a Relationship of Trust and Power 337 Prohibition of Proselytism 338 Conditions on the Right to Change Religion 339 Instituting Proceedings Under the Bills 340 Constitutional Challenge to the JHU Bil 340 JHU Proposal to Amend the Constitution 345 Conclusion 349 |
| ISSN | 07480814 (P); 21633088 (E) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0748081400003933 |
| 點閱次數 | 55 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.10.11 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.10.11 |
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