State–Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance

by Jeroen Temperman

This book presents a human rights-based assessment of the various modes of state–religion identification and of the various forms of state practice that surround and characterize these different state–religion models. This book makes a case for the recognition of a state duty to remain impartial with respect to religion or belief in all regards so as to comply with people’s fundamental right to be governed, at all times, in a religiously neutral manner.

440 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2010