Religious Diversity, Religious Conflict and the Right to Freedom of Religion in Vietnam Today
Posted: 28 Mar 2014
Date Written: Febuary 14, 2014
Abstract
This paper is to explore the nature of religious diversity, social conflicts in religion and its relationship with human rights and the right to freedom of religion, as well as the implementation of the right to freedom of religion in Vietnam today. The paper shall be examining international and national frameworks related to religious diversity and the right to freedom of religion, especially standards and norms enshrined in international human rights law and the Vietnamese constitutions. The overall goal of this paper is to examine the incorporation of international human rights law in relation to religious diversity and the right to freedom of religion in Vietnamese legislation. By looking at the ways in which human rights and the right to freedom of religion is provided in the Constitutions of Vietnam, the paper identifies the relationship between the respect for religion diversity and the right to freedom of religion with the solutions of social conflicts in religion, as well as examines the achievements and challenges in ensuring religious diversity and the right to freedom of religion in the context of international integration and development in Vietnam today.
Keywords: international human rights law, freedom of religion, Vietnam, diversity
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