Unit RELIGION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- Course
- Philosophy and ethics of relationships
- Study-unit Code
- A001655
- Curriculum
- Didattico
- Teacher
- Silvia Angeletti
- Teachers
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- Silvia Angeletti
- Hours
- 54 ore - Silvia Angeletti
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2022
- Offered
- 2022/23
- 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
- The teaching and the final exam will be held in Italian. Students who want to give the exam in English may choose to attend formal classes held in English at the Law Department, having previously informed the teacher. The corresponding course is named Law and Religion (First Term).
- Contents
- This course will focus on the interaction between secular law and religion in contemporary law systems. Classes will cover a broad range of topical issues, which include the concepts of secularism and religion, the principle patterns of regulation in a comparative perspective, how the law protects and limits freedom of religion and judicial responses to conflicts between freedom of religion and other fundamental rights. The role of religions in the global agenda as well as innovation within religion and the so called ‘nonreligion’ will also be investigated. A second part of the course will explore the complex relations between families’ religious or non-religious convictions, school educational autonomy and children’s rights. A broad range of issues will be covered, such as the right and 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
- A book to choose among the following: (depending upon the studies’ curriculum and personal preference):
S. Angeletti, I minori tra diritto e religione. Libertà religiosa, best interests, educazione (Il Mulino, 2022)
M. Di Marco, S. Ferrari (a cura di), Ebraismo e Cristianesimo nell’età dei diritti umani (Giappichelli, 2018)
D. Menozzi, Chiesa e diritti umani (Il Mulino, 2012)
Learning resources and additional lecture materials (including slides) will be given during lessons and advised on Unistudium Platform. - Educational objectives
- 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 interactions between law and religion in contemporary societies and in 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
- Term one. Lectures and slide presentations will be held, at times with Italian or foreign speakers. Students are invited to actively engage in class discussion and to participate in students’ presentations.
- Other information
- For any further information on the course activities and evaluation criteria, please contact: silvia.angeletti@unipg.it
Office hours (online on Teams platform or in presence) shall be regularly updated at: www.giurisprudenza.unipg.it/personale/silvia.angeletti - Learning verification modality
- The oral exam will be based on the bibliographic references given (see: ‘Testi di riferimento’). For students attending classes, the exam will also be based on the topics discussed during lessons and on a selection of learning resources 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. - Extended program
- Specific topics are subject to change:
-Key concepts (religion, secularization, human rights)
-Freedom of religion or belief in international and European standards
-Minorities’ rights in global perspective
- Religion in public space (dress code, religious symbols)
- Religion in the public/private divide (non discrimination principle)
- Religious accommodation: judicial responses in conflicts of rights
- Blasphemy Laws and freedom of expression
- Religion and integration
- Religion and digital technologies
- Religion and sustainable developments
-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)
-The right and the scope of education
- Best interests of the child and family convictions
-Homeschooling
-Religious instruction in European public schools