Conference given in the Italian Parliament on the 21st of October 2016 during the conference “conscience without rights”, organised by the Centro Studi Rosario Livatino, then at the European Court of Human Rights on the 17th of November 2016, during the seminar “New Conceptual Challenges Regarding Freedom of Religion or Belief” organized in collaboration with the International Center for Law and Religion Studies.
This presentation is based on “Objection de conscience et droits de l’homme, Essai d’analyse systématique”, Société, Droit et Religion, CNRS Ed°, July 2016. An English version will be published in February 2017.
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