Unit RELIGION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- Course
- Philosophy and ethics of relationships
- Study-unit Code
- A001655
- Curriculum
- World religions and philosophy
- Teacher
- Silvia Angeletti
- Teachers
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- Silvia Angeletti
- Hours
- 54 ore - Silvia Angeletti
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline classiche, storiche, antropologiche e politico-sociali
- Academic discipline
- M-STO/06
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian will be the language of the teaching as well as of the final exam. Students may choose to attend formal classes held in English at the Law Department. This course is named Law and Religion (First Term).
- Contents
- This course will address the relationship between religion and human rights in the global law perspective, with a particular focus on family life. Firstly, a critical inquiry on the current debate around the definition, promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief in multicultural and multi religious societies, will be offered. Then, a survey of possible conflicts between parents’ religious convictions and children’s rights will be given, especially where parents’ choices and behaviors are able to pose a threat to children’s rights and autonomy. The conception of the child and her rights established in the UN Convention on the rights of the child (1989) will provide the bedrock to analyze particular topics, such as education. The course will explore the complex relations between families’ religious or non-religious convictions, school educational autonomy and children’s rights to education. A broad range of issues will be covered, such as the right to education, the scope of education, religious symbols at school, homeschooling, religious instruction in public schools and the right to choose and to establish private confessional schools.
- Reference texts
- Learning resources and additional lecture materials (including slides) will be given during lessons and advised on Unistudium Platform.
Students not attending formal classes are invited to contact the teacher for learning resources. - Educational objectives
- Learning Outcomes:
1. Knowledge of the main international and European legal sources on freedom of religion or belief and its interaction with other human rights. Understanding of the current issues regarding freedom of religion or belief in multicultural and multi-religious societies and in the global law perspective.
2. Correct methodology in the analysis of the relations between religion and children's rights in education.
3.Through case-law, assessing feasible balancing rules and religious accommodations in the context of a holistic approach to human rights. - Prerequisites
- No prerequisites are required.
- Teaching methods
- 9 x 6 hours weekly classes. Term one. Students will be required to have read materials where requested, to be prepared to actively engage in class discussion and to participate in students’ presentations.
- Other information
- For any further information on the course activities and assessment, please contact: silvia.angeletti@unipg.it
Office hours shall be regularly updated at: www.giurisprudenza.unipg.it/personale/silvia.angeletti - Learning verification modality
- Assessment: Oral exam
The oral exam will be based on the bibliographic references that will be advised. The exam is designed to assess students’ knowledge and understanding of the issues discussed in class, therefore it will also be based on a selection of learning resources and additional material advised on Unistudium. Active participation in class and group presentations will be considered for the purpose of the overall assessment.
Students willing to attend English classes of Law and Religion are invited to see the Syllabus of Law and Religion course for assessment criteria.
For academic support to students with disabilities, please visit the online page: http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Extended program
- Specific topics are subject to change:
-Key concepts (religion, secularization)
-Freedom of religion or belief in international and European standards
-Children’s rights in international and European standards
-The role of religion in family life
-Religion and education: the main stakeholders (child, family, public institutions)
-Religion and the scope of education
-Children’s rights to education
-Best interests of the child and family convictions
-Homeschooling
-Religious instruction in European public schools
-Religious symbols at school