Free­dom of re­li­gion as a fun­da­men­tal hu­man right, bo­th for in­di­vi­duals and re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ve so­cial groups, is being in­crea­sin­gly ero­ded in its le­gal cer­tain­ty, be­co­ming ra­ther a chal­len­ge for coun­tries and in­ter­na­tio­nal or­ga­ni­za­tions.

And what im­por­tan­ce and rights, if any, are gran­ted to the other si­de of re­li­gion free­dom, i.e. free­dom from re­li­gion? What is the spe­ci­fic le­gal sta­tus of non be­lie­vers in Eu­ro­pean na­tions – all of whi­ch pro­vi­de spe­cial la­ws pro­tec­ting re­li­gions? Are the­re any di­rect norms con­cer­ning no­nes, or is it on­ly pos­si­ble to rea­son “by sub­trac­tion”, a con­tra­riis from le­gal­ly re­co­gni­zed fai­ths?

The con­fe­ren­ce or­ga­ni­zed in Brus­sels ai­med to pro­vi­de a com­pre­hen­si­ve over­view and a con­cre­te sy­nop­sis of non be­lie­vers’ le­gal sta­tus in Eu­ro­pe, ac­cor­ding to na­tio­nal and trans­na­tio­nal le­gi­sla­tions, and to ou­tli­ne the boun­da­ries of that part of free­dom of con­scien­ce ta­king the form of free­dom of not be­lie­ving.

Wi­th con­tri­bu­tions by N. Co­la­ian­ni, G. Er­co­les­si, M. Cro­ce, J. P. Schrei­ber, T. Hein­ri­chs, C. G. Bro­wn and J. Mair, F. Ali­ci­no, G. Gae­ta­ni, P. Man­du­ca, S. Bal­das­sar­re, C. Sciu­to, Y. Dheur, R. Car­ca­no.

Edi­ted by Ade­le Orio­li.

Pro­cee­dings of the Con­fe­ren­ce “Non Be­lie­vers’ Eu­ro­pe”. Mo­dels of Se­cu­la­ri­sm, In­di­vi­dual Sta­tu­ses, Col­lec­ti­ve Rights. Brus­sels, 22-23 Mar­ch 2018

At­ti del Con­ve­gno “L’Eu­ro­pa di chi non cre­de”. Mo­del­li di lai­ci­tà, sta­tus in­di­vi­dua­li, di­rit­ti col­let­ti­vi. Bru­xel­les, 22-23 mar­zo 2018

In in­gle­se con con­tri­bu­ti af­fian­ca­ti dal­la ver­sio­ne in lin­gua ori­gi­na­le.