Heini Í Skorini

Free Speech, Religion and the United Nations (eBook, PDF)

The Political Struggle to Define International Free Speech Norms

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the political struggle to interpret and define the meaning, the scope and the implications of human rights norms in general and freedom of expression in particular.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000124415
• Artikelnr.: 57161728

Autorenporträt

Heini í Skorini holds a PhD in International Relations from King's College London, UK. He is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of History and Social Sciences at the University of the Faroe Islands (Denmark). He teaches international relations, human rights, and religion and politics, both internationally and in a local context. His research interests include religion and society, religion and politics, human rights, freedom of expression, human reasoning in relation to science, religion and political controversy.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Literature Review 3 OIC's Discourse on Freedom
of Expression and Religion Prior to 1999 4 Mapping OIC's Discourse on
Freedom of Expression vis-à-vis Religion: Defamation of Religions as a
Human Rights Violation 5 Defeating OIC's Free Speech Agenda: Internal and
External Factors Which Have Enabled and Constrained OIC's Agency in the UN
6 Conclusion: Human Rights Language as a Double-Edged Sword: Empowering the
Individual or Empowering the State