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Article Fundamental Human Rights: Current Positions of the Orthodox Churches in Russia and Ukraine
Authors Rabinovych Petro M.
Name of magazine Scientific-practical professional journal «Comparative Law»
(Ukrainian language)
Issue 3-4 / 2012
Pages 112 - 119
Annotation The article, based on the study of a number of documents of the Russian and the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches of the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate, characterizes the positions of these religious institutions concerning fundamental human rights and freedoms. The conclusion about the ambiguity of assessment of such positions in the light of current international standards for these rights and freedoms is substantiated.
Keywords fundamental human rights, social doctrine of the church, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate.
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