– Religious freedom and international law
– Europe and religious freedom
– Religious freedom in Canada: the analysis of a different model
– Religious freedom within religious groups: a specific perspective
Students who don’t attend the course:
NORMAN DOE
LAW AND RELIGION IN EUROPE
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011
And:
European Court of Human Rights, Case of Lautsi and Others v. Italy, 18 March 2011
European Court of Human Rights, Case of S.A.S v. France, 1 July 2014
(Judgments are available on www.echr.coe.int)
Students who attend the course:
Didactic materials will be handed out during the lectures and will be put on the Moodle platform
Learning Objectives
The course focuses on religious freedom from various angles:
– from the point of view of the State (religious freedom will be studied from the European context – European Council and the European Union. The course will then focus on the Canadian context regarding religious freedom);
– from the point of view of individual religious confessions.
Prerequisites
The course is open to all students
Teaching Methods
Lectures in class with seminars agreed with the students who frequent the course
Type of Assessment
Written exam
Course program
COURSE PROGRAMME
– Religious freedom and international law
– Europe and religious freedom
• Decisions and judgments of European Court of Human Rights concerning art. 9 of Cedu: from the protection (only) of individual religious freedom to the protection (also) of religious freedom for religious groups
• The European Union and religion: the “open, transparent and regular dialogue” between the European Union and churches, religious associations, communities ex art. 17 Tfue
– Religious freedom in Canada: the analysis of a different model and the multiculturalism challenges
– Religious freedom within religious groups: a specific perspective