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Faith and human rights
In this section, we provide a special focus to the relationship between faith and rights. This was the theme of a conference held on 1 and 2 November 2007 (in Belfast), organised by the Commission and the Irish School of Ecumenics. The conference was entitled Rights and Righteousness: Religious Pluralism and Human Rights - it aimed to:
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Consider complementarities and tensions between rights- and righteousness-based approaches to justice; and
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Engage in informed dialogue between educators, clergy, writers, scholars and human rights organisations.
A number of documents from the November 2007 conference can be downloaded below. These include the conference programme, the background paper and a number of short papers or presentations on the theme of faith and rights by contributors at the event. In early 2010, the complete series of papers was published by the Human Rights Commission and the Irish School of Ecumenics as a report entitled Rights and Righteousness: Perspectives on Religious Pluralism and Human Rights.
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Rights and Righteousness conference - programme |
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Rights and Righteousness conference - background paper |
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Rights and righteousness: religious pluralism and human rights - by Professor Kevin Boyle, University of Essex |
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Religious pluralism and human rights: problems and opportunities - by Professor Francesca Klug, London School of Economics |
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Human rights in a pluralist society: Northern Ireland - by Professor Linda Hogan, Irish School of Ecumenics, Dublin |
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Advancing human rights in the age of counter-terrorism and religious insurgence - by Karin Ryan, The Carter Center, Atlanta |
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The contribution of rights and righteousness to the creation of a participative, respectful and peaceful society - by Dr L Philip Barnes, King's College London |
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Language rights and the development of the Catholic human rights tradition - by Feidhlimidh Magennis, St Mary's University College, Belfast |
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Success for Church order and law: international human rights instruments? - by Michael McNamara, Barrister |
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Thinking about ourselves: Christian theology and rights discourse in Northern Ireland - by Dr Fran Porter, Centre for Comtemporary Christianity in Ireland, Belfast |
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Rights and religious education in a plural Northern Ireland - by Norman Richardson, Stranmillis University College, Belfast |
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the attractiveness of religious liberty to those who hate it - by Filip Spagnoli |
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The right to religiously neutral governance - by Jeroen Temperman |
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