LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE AS THE CORNERSTONE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, EDUCATION AND LASTING PEACE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/Keywords:
liberty of conscience, human rights, moral autonomy, education, democracy, peace, European Convention on Human Rights, tolerance, pluralismAbstract
Liberty of Conscience as the Cornerstone of Human Rights, Education and Lasting Peace.
Among all human freedoms, liberty of conscience stands as the most intimate and universal. It represents the right of each individual to think, believe, and act according to personal moral conviction. As a foundation of human rights, it ensures the dignity and autonomy of the person. As a goal of education, it promotes critical thinking, tolerance, and civic responsibility. And as a condition of peace, it allows societies to replace coercion with understanding. This paper explores liberty of conscience as a multidimensional concept — philosophical, moral, social, and legal — and examines its role in building democratic citizenship and durable peace within the framework of international law and human rights education.
References
• CHILEA, Dragoş, Drept internaţional public. Curs universitar, Editura University Press, Târgu-Mureș, 2023.
• DUCULESCU, Victor, Protecţia juridică a drepturilor omului. Mijloace interne şi internaţionale, Lumina Lex, Bucureşti, 1998.
• FAVOREU, Louis ; GAÏA, Patrick ; GHEVONTAIN, Richard ; MELIN-SOUCRAMANIEN, Ferdinand ; PFERSMANN, Otto ; PINI, Joseph ; ROUX, André ; SCOFFONI, Guy ; TREMEAU, Jérôme, Droit des libertés fondamentales, 2 e edition, Dalloz, Paris, 2002.
• LUNCAN, Victor ; DUCULESCU, Victor, Drepturile omului: studiu introductiv, culegere de documente internaţionale si acte normative de drept intern, Editura Lumina Lex, Bucureşti, vol. I, 1993.
• MARIN, Marilena, Some aspects of Romanian legislation influenced by European law. Normative acts and legal acts, Proceedings of the national conference entitled: „The crisis of the legislative process and the quality of law in Romania, a democratic and social state governed by the rule of law and member of the EU”, Editura Universul Juridic, București, 2023.
• MARIN, Marilena, Guardianship, a Means of Protecting the Individual from the Perspective of Legal History: Between Roman Law and Romanian Law, Proceedings of the 35th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Scientia Moralitas Research Institute, 2024.
• MORANGE, Jean, Droits de l’homme et libertes publiques, Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1997.
• MOROIANU ZLĂTESCU, Irina, Protecţia juridică a drepturilor omului, Institutul Român pentru drepturile omului, Universitatea Spiru Haret, Bucureşti, 1996.
• MOURGEON, Jacques, Les droits de l’homme, Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1997.
• NĂSTASE, Adrian; JURA, Cristian; AURESCU, Bogdan, Drept internaţional public, Editura All Beck, Bucureşti, 1999.
• ROTARU, Ioan-Gheorghe, “A look at how the concept of human rights has evolved over time”, Journal for Freedom of Conscience ( Jurnalul Libertății de Conștiință), Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023), pp.825-874. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10557901.
• ROTARU, Ioan-Gheorghe, “The Transylvanian Diet: A Precedent to Human Rights and Religious Freedom - 400 Years Prior to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, In Shaping a World of Freedoms: 75 Years of Legacy and Impact of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Nelu Burcea and Liberato C. Bautista (eds.), New York, United Nations Plaza, UNEQUAL World Research Center, 2023, pp. 205-221. ISBN: 979-8-9894202-0-9.
