Heiner Bielefeldt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1492282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heiner Bielefeldt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heiner |
| FAMILY NAME | Bielefeldt |
| SIGNATURE | BIELEFELDT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bielefeld University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Die Idee der Freiheit und ihre Semantiken: Zum Spannungsverhältnis von Freiheit und Sicherheit
»Freiheit« findet als politisch-rechtliche Leitidee der Moderne weitreichende Zustimmung. Bei näherem Hinsehen zeigen sich gleichwohl höchst unterschiedliche Deutungen und Akzentuierungen. Darüber hinaus ist der Freiheitsbegriff semantischen Umkehrungen ausgesetzt, die sogar darauf hinauslaufen können, faktische Unfreiheit als höchste Freiheit auszugeben. Die interdisziplinären Beiträge sprechen sich für ein anspruchsvolles Freiheitsverständnis a…
Introduction: Freedom of Religion or Belief as a Human Right
Human rights remain a contested issue in theory and practice. Several scholars have criticized their theoretical underpinnings, and practitioners struggle to enforce these rights. The right to freedom of religion or belief is an integral part of the international human rights framework and, as such, has been criticized alongside human rights in general. Not only that, the right to freedom of religion or belief has been decried or ignored by some …
Providing an Open Space for Diversity: The Human Rights Approach to Dealing with Religion(s)
The disentanglement of state and religion can serve different purposes. On the one hand, it can lead to privatization of religion or its relegation to politically predefined spheres in society. On the other hand, disentanglement can also be in the service of providing an open space for the unfolding of religious diversity without fear and without discrimination. The article pleas for a human rights-based understanding of secularism as a necessary…
Limiting Permissible Limitations: How to Preserve the Substance of Religious Freedom
The question of how to draw legitimate limits to the content and exercise of human rights has caused many controversies, not only in academic debates, but also in human rights practice. Governments often invoke limitation clauses linked to human rights provisions as a broad allowance to impose restrictions. However, the main function of those clauses is actually to limit the scope of permissible limitations. This chapter takes freedom of religion…
Human Rights as a ‘Substitute Utopia’? Questionable Assumptions in Samuel Moyn’s Work
Samuel Moyn surprises, provokes and polarises. In his widely read monographs on historical facets of human rights, he deconstructs heroic narratives and challenges traditional assumptions on the origins of human rights.Human rights need critical accompaniment. Without systematic scrutiny, human rights practice can slip into political arrogance and moralistic complacency. Moreover, there is the ever-lurking danger that human rights organisations b…
Freedom of Religion or Belief--A Human Right under Pressure
The article starts by outlining the basic features of the right to freedom of religion or belief. As part of the broader infrastructure of international human rights protection, its interpretation and implementation must be guided by the interrelated principles of normative universalism, freedom and equality. In this context, also the ‘second order principles’ of State neutrality and political secularism are addressed. The article subsequently de…
Protecting and Implementing the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: Interview with Heiner Bielefeldt
In our continuing series of reflections by human rights practitioners on their work, Heiner Bielefeldt reflects here on his first year in post as UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. In the interview, Professor Bielefeldt discusses various methodologies and vehicles for action available to him in the post, and reflects on a recent country visit to Paraguay. He also speaks about some of his chief concerns regarding protection an…
Os Direitos Humanos num mundo pluralista. Doi: 10.5020/2317-2150.2008.V13n2p167
O universalismo dos direitos humanos tem sido, e continua a ser, freqüentemente desafiado. Entre as várias objeções levantadas por críticos e por céticos, três argumentos se destacam. Primeiramente, os direitos humanos são vistos como uma manifestação exclusiva da cultura ocidental. Sugere-se que, uma vez que o conceito de direitos humanos emergiu historicamente na Europa, a sua reivindicação por uma validade universal inerente significaria uma f…
Os direitos humanos num mundo pluralista
La liberté religieuse: Le Critère Ultime
Alors qu'on demande de plus en plus souvent aux tribunaux de trancher des litiges portant sur la place publique des religions, le droit met en avant la défense de la liberté religieuse pour permettre et limiter l'expression de la foi, au détriment d'autres critères, comme l'héritage culturel ou la tradition
Inhalt
Vorwort der Herausgeber
Autoren
Rechte kultureller Minderheiten als Freiheitsanspruch. Zur menschenrechtlichen Begründung des Minderheitenschutzes
Rechte nationaler Minderheiten: Ethische Begründung, rechtliche Verankerung und historische Erfahrung
Der Schutz nationaler Minderheiten bildet eine wichtige Herausforderung der staatlichen Innenpolitik, Außenpolitik und nicht zuletzt der Europapolitik. Obwohl in jüngerer Zeit sowohl auf der Ebene der Vereinten Nationen als auch im Rahmen des Europarats und der OSZE Instrumente zur Stärkung von Minderheitenrechten diskutiert bzw. geschaffen worden sind, besteht nach wie vor Unsicherheit über Reichweite, Anspruchsinhalte und Grenzen von Minderheit…
Rechte nationaler Minderheiten
Der Schutz nationaler Minderheiten bildet eine wichtige Herausforderung der staatlichen Innenpolitik, Außenpolitik und nicht zuletzt der Europapolitik. Obwohl in jüngerer Zeit sowohl auf der Ebene der Vereinten Nationen als auch im Rahmen des Europarats und der OSZE Instrumente zur Stärkung von Minderheitenrechten diskutiert bzw. geschaffen worden sind, besteht nach wie vor Unsicherheit über Reichweite, Anspruchsinhalte und Grenzen von Minderheit…
Westliche« versus »islamische« Menschenrechte? Zur Kritik an kulturalistischen Vereinnahmungen der Menschenrechtsidee
Internationales Handbuch der Gewaltforschung
Kants Symbolik: Ein Schlüssel zur kritischen Freiheitsphilosophie
Die Symbolik hat eine Schlüsselfunktion in Kants praktischer Philosophie, weil sie es ermöglicht, den unbedingten Anspruch sittlicher Freiheit mit den vielfältigen Bedingtheiten der conditio humana zu vermitteln. Damit eröffnet die symbolische Darstellung zugleich einen Weg für eine kritische Neuformulierung der metaphysischen Grundfragen des Menschen im Horizont moderner Aufklärung.
Western” Versus “Islamic” Human Rights Conceptions: A Critique of Cultural Essentialism in the Discussion on Human Rights
Au-dela de l'alternative entre le relativisme et l'imperialisme culturels, l'A. etudie le moyen de preserver l'universalite des droits de l'homme tout en faisant place a la diversite des interpretations culturelles et religieuses. Rejetant la position essentialiste, l'A. confronte la tradition occidentale issue de l'histoire de l'Europe et de son ideal d'emancipation, d'une part, a la tradition islamique revendiquant un pragmatisme humanitaire da…
Carl Schmitt’s Critique of Liberalism: Systematic Reconstruction and Countercriticism
Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism: Systematic Reconstruction and Countercriticism
Critique of liberalism has a long tradition. However, those launching critical attacks against liberalism frequently turn out to be liberals themselves who are concerned, for instance, about the common equation of liberalism with a bourgeois attitude of “possessive individualism” or with the reduction of liberal politics to an empty proceduralism. The recent debate between liberalism and communitarianism largely amounts to such a kind of liberal …
Autonomy and Republicanism: Immanuel Kant's Philosophy of Freedom
Examinant les principes de l'ethique kantienne: l'autonomie morale, l'imperatif categorique, le respect et la dignite de l'etre humain, l'A. montre que la philosophie politique de Kant, fondee sur le droit a la liberte et sur la volonte generale comme principes normatifs, met en evidence l'interrelation du liberalisme et du republicanisme, au sein d'un liberalisme actif qui exhalte la responsabilite morale et l'engagement republicain de l'homme, …
Secular human rights: Challenge and opportunity to Christians and Muslims
The principle that all human beings should enjoy equal rights of freedom and participation is a specifically modem idea which initially met with resistance from both Christians and Muslims. Even today Christians and Muslims often have difficulties with recognizing the secularistic features of human rights. The profession of the inalienable dignity of every human person, however, can facilitate a critical reconciliation between the emancipatory et…
Western” Versus “Islamic” Human Rights Conceptions: A Critique of Cultural Essentialism in the Discussion on Human Rights
Au-dela de l'alternative entre le relativisme et l'imperialisme culturels, l'A. etudie le moyen de preserver l'universalite des droits de l'homme tout en faisant place a la diversite des interpretations culturelles et religieuses. Rejetant la position essentialiste, l'A. confronte la tradition occidentale issue de l'histoire de l'Europe et de son ideal d'emancipation, d'une part, a la tradition islamique revendiquant un pragmatisme humanitaire da…
Autonomy and Republicanism: Immanuel Kant's Philosophy of Freedom
Examinant les principes de l'ethique kantienne: l'autonomie morale, l'imperatif categorique, le respect et la dignite de l'etre humain, l'A. montre que la philosophie politique de Kant, fondee sur le droit a la liberte et sur la volonte generale comme principes normatifs, met en evidence l'interrelation du liberalisme et du republicanisme, au sein d'un liberalisme actif qui exhalte la responsabilite morale et l'engagement republicain de l'homme, …
Introduction: Freedom of Religion or Belief as a Human Right
Human rights remain a contested issue in theory and practice. Several scholars have criticized their theoretical underpinnings, and practitioners struggle to enforce these rights. The right to freedom of religion or belief is an integral part of the international human rights framework and, as such, has been criticized alongside human rights in general. Not only that, the right to freedom of religion or belief has been decried or ignored by some …
Human Rights as a ‘Substitute Utopia’? Questionable Assumptions in Samuel Moyn’s Work
Samuel Moyn surprises, provokes and polarises. In his widely read monographs on historical facets of human rights, he deconstructs heroic narratives and challenges traditional assumptions on the origins of human rights.Human rights need critical accompaniment. Without systematic scrutiny, human rights practice can slip into political arrogance and moralistic complacency. Moreover, there is the ever-lurking danger that human rights organisations b…
La liberté religieuse: Le Critère Ultime
Alors qu'on demande de plus en plus souvent aux tribunaux de trancher des litiges portant sur la place publique des religions, le droit met en avant la défense de la liberté religieuse pour permettre et limiter l'expression de la foi, au détriment d'autres critères, comme l'héritage culturel ou la tradition
Secular human rights: Challenge and opportunity to Christians and Muslims
The principle that all human beings should enjoy equal rights of freedom and participation is a specifically modem idea which initially met with resistance from both Christians and Muslims. Even today Christians and Muslims often have difficulties with recognizing the secularistic features of human rights. The profession of the inalienable dignity of every human person, however, can facilitate a critical reconciliation between the emancipatory et…
Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism: Systematic Reconstruction and Countercriticism
Critique of liberalism has a long tradition. However, those launching critical attacks against liberalism frequently turn out to be liberals themselves who are concerned, for instance, about the common equation of liberalism with a bourgeois attitude of “possessive individualism” or with the reduction of liberal politics to an empty proceduralism. The recent debate between liberalism and communitarianism largely amounts to such a kind of liberal …
Autonomy and Republicanism: Immanuel Kant's Philosophy of Freedom
Examinant les principes de l'ethique kantienne: l'autonomie morale, l'imperatif categorique, le respect et la dignite de l'etre humain, l'A. montre que la philosophie politique de Kant, fondee sur le droit a la liberte et sur la volonte generale comme principes normatifs, met en evidence l'interrelation du liberalisme et du republicanisme, au sein d'un liberalisme actif qui exhalte la responsabilite morale et l'engagement republicain de l'homme, …
Carl Schmitt’s Critique of Liberalism: Systematic Reconstruction and Countercriticism
Western” Versus “Islamic” Human Rights Conceptions: A Critique of Cultural Essentialism in the Discussion on Human Rights
Au-dela de l'alternative entre le relativisme et l'imperialisme culturels, l'A. etudie le moyen de preserver l'universalite des droits de l'homme tout en faisant place a la diversite des interpretations culturelles et religieuses. Rejetant la position essentialiste, l'A. confronte la tradition occidentale issue de l'histoire de l'Europe et de son ideal d'emancipation, d'une part, a la tradition islamique revendiquant un pragmatisme humanitaire da…
Kants Symbolik: Ein Schlüssel zur kritischen Freiheitsphilosophie
Die Symbolik hat eine Schlüsselfunktion in Kants praktischer Philosophie, weil sie es ermöglicht, den unbedingten Anspruch sittlicher Freiheit mit den vielfältigen Bedingtheiten der conditio humana zu vermitteln. Damit eröffnet die symbolische Darstellung zugleich einen Weg für eine kritische Neuformulierung der metaphysischen Grundfragen des Menschen im Horizont moderner Aufklärung.
Internationales Handbuch der Gewaltforschung
Westliche« versus »islamische« Menschenrechte? Zur Kritik an kulturalistischen Vereinnahmungen der Menschenrechtsidee
Inhalt
Vorwort der Herausgeber
Autoren
Rechte kultureller Minderheiten als Freiheitsanspruch. Zur menschenrechtlichen Begründung des Minderheitenschutzes
Rechte nationaler Minderheiten: Ethische Begründung, rechtliche Verankerung und historische Erfahrung
Der Schutz nationaler Minderheiten bildet eine wichtige Herausforderung der staatlichen Innenpolitik, Außenpolitik und nicht zuletzt der Europapolitik. Obwohl in jüngerer Zeit sowohl auf der Ebene der Vereinten Nationen als auch im Rahmen des Europarats und der OSZE Instrumente zur Stärkung von Minderheitenrechten diskutiert bzw. geschaffen worden sind, besteht nach wie vor Unsicherheit über Reichweite, Anspruchsinhalte und Grenzen von Minderheit…
Rechte nationaler Minderheiten
Der Schutz nationaler Minderheiten bildet eine wichtige Herausforderung der staatlichen Innenpolitik, Außenpolitik und nicht zuletzt der Europapolitik. Obwohl in jüngerer Zeit sowohl auf der Ebene der Vereinten Nationen als auch im Rahmen des Europarats und der OSZE Instrumente zur Stärkung von Minderheitenrechten diskutiert bzw. geschaffen worden sind, besteht nach wie vor Unsicherheit über Reichweite, Anspruchsinhalte und Grenzen von Minderheit…
La liberté religieuse: Le Critère Ultime
Alors qu'on demande de plus en plus souvent aux tribunaux de trancher des litiges portant sur la place publique des religions, le droit met en avant la défense de la liberté religieuse pour permettre et limiter l'expression de la foi, au détriment d'autres critères, comme l'héritage culturel ou la tradition
Os direitos humanos num mundo pluralista
Os Direitos Humanos num mundo pluralista. Doi: 10.5020/2317-2150.2008.V13n2p167
O universalismo dos direitos humanos tem sido, e continua a ser, freqüentemente desafiado. Entre as várias objeções levantadas por críticos e por céticos, três argumentos se destacam. Primeiramente, os direitos humanos são vistos como uma manifestação exclusiva da cultura ocidental. Sugere-se que, uma vez que o conceito de direitos humanos emergiu historicamente na Europa, a sua reivindicação por uma validade universal inerente significaria uma f…
Protecting and Implementing the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: Interview with Heiner Bielefeldt
In our continuing series of reflections by human rights practitioners on their work, Heiner Bielefeldt reflects here on his first year in post as UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. In the interview, Professor Bielefeldt discusses various methodologies and vehicles for action available to him in the post, and reflects on a recent country visit to Paraguay. He also speaks about some of his chief concerns regarding protection an…
Freedom of Religion or Belief--A Human Right under Pressure
The article starts by outlining the basic features of the right to freedom of religion or belief. As part of the broader infrastructure of international human rights protection, its interpretation and implementation must be guided by the interrelated principles of normative universalism, freedom and equality. In this context, also the ‘second order principles’ of State neutrality and political secularism are addressed. The article subsequently de…
Limiting Permissible Limitations: How to Preserve the Substance of Religious Freedom
The question of how to draw legitimate limits to the content and exercise of human rights has caused many controversies, not only in academic debates, but also in human rights practice. Governments often invoke limitation clauses linked to human rights provisions as a broad allowance to impose restrictions. However, the main function of those clauses is actually to limit the scope of permissible limitations. This chapter takes freedom of religion…
Human Rights as a ‘Substitute Utopia’? Questionable Assumptions in Samuel Moyn’s Work
Samuel Moyn surprises, provokes and polarises. In his widely read monographs on historical facets of human rights, he deconstructs heroic narratives and challenges traditional assumptions on the origins of human rights.Human rights need critical accompaniment. Without systematic scrutiny, human rights practice can slip into political arrogance and moralistic complacency. Moreover, there is the ever-lurking danger that human rights organisations b…
Providing an Open Space for Diversity: The Human Rights Approach to Dealing with Religion(s)
The disentanglement of state and religion can serve different purposes. On the one hand, it can lead to privatization of religion or its relegation to politically predefined spheres in society. On the other hand, disentanglement can also be in the service of providing an open space for the unfolding of religious diversity without fear and without discrimination. The article pleas for a human rights-based understanding of secularism as a necessary…
Introduction: Freedom of Religion or Belief as a Human Right
Human rights remain a contested issue in theory and practice. Several scholars have criticized their theoretical underpinnings, and practitioners struggle to enforce these rights. The right to freedom of religion or belief is an integral part of the international human rights framework and, as such, has been criticized alongside human rights in general. Not only that, the right to freedom of religion or belief has been decried or ignored by some …
Die Idee der Freiheit und ihre Semantiken: Zum Spannungsverhältnis von Freiheit und Sicherheit
»Freiheit« findet als politisch-rechtliche Leitidee der Moderne weitreichende Zustimmung. Bei näherem Hinsehen zeigen sich gleichwohl höchst unterschiedliche Deutungen und Akzentuierungen. Darüber hinaus ist der Freiheitsbegriff semantischen Umkehrungen ausgesetzt, die sogar darauf hinauslaufen können, faktische Unfreiheit als höchste Freiheit auszugeben. Die interdisziplinären Beiträge sprechen sich für ein anspruchsvolles Freiheitsverständnis a…
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