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This event was organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
peakers: Prof Susanna Mancini (University of Bologna, GCDC Sidney Distinguished Visitor), Prof Michel Rosenfeld (Cardozo School of Law)
Commentators: Prof Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL Laws), Prof Lorenzo Zucca (Kings College London) and Dr Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick)
Chair: Prof Erin Delaney (UCL Laws)
Abstract
This event celebrates the launch of Politicized Religion and the Reframing of Fundamental Rights (Oxford University Press, 2026), co-authored by Susanna Mancini and Michel Rosenfeld.
About the Book
Politicized Religion and the Reframing of Fundamental Rights provides a systematic account of how recent politicization of religion has been used by proponents of illiberal nationalism and populism to reframe constitutional and human rights in exclusionary anti-pluralist ways. This reframing enhances the rights of those who belong to the majority religion or are steeped in its culture, at the expense of the rights of women, sexual minorities, and adherents to minority religions.
This event was organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
peakers: Prof Susanna Mancini (University of Bologna, GCDC Sidney Distinguished Visitor), Prof Michel Rosenfeld (Cardozo School of Law)
Commentators: Prof Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL Laws), Prof Lorenzo Zucca (Kings College London) and Dr Mara Malagodi (University of Warwick)
Chair: Prof Erin Delaney (UCL Laws)
Abstract
This event celebrates the launch of Politicized Religion and the Reframing of Fundamental Rights (Oxford University Press, 2026), co-authored by Susanna Mancini and Michel Rosenfeld.
About the Book
Politicized Religion and the Reframing of Fundamental Rights provides a systematic account of how recent politicization of religion has been used by proponents of illiberal nationalism and populism to reframe constitutional and human rights in exclusionary anti-pluralist ways. This reframing enhances the rights of those who belong to the majority religion or are steeped in its culture, at the expense of the rights of women, sexual minorities, and adherents to minority religions.
