La protección de la objeción de conciencia como un derecho fundamental. Consideraciones sobre los proyectos de acuerdo de Eslovaquia con la Santa Sede y con otras confesiones religiosas.
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2006
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La objeción de conciencia constituye una manifestación del más amplio derecho de la persona a la libertad de conciencia. Su adecuada protección ha de huir de actitudes estrictamente legalistas y reclama un proceso de equilibrio de intereses entre los bienes jurídicos en conflicto. Los actuales proyectos de acuerdo de Eslovaquia con la Santa Sede y con otras confesiones religiosas, encaminados a tutelar algunas objeciones de conciencia típicas de católicos y de los fieles de otras religiones, pueden suponer un interesante instrumento para la garantía del derecho de objeción. Por eso sorprende el juicio negativo que esos proyectos han recibido de la European Union of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights, aparentemente más interesados en la garantía de un hipotético derecho fundamental al aborto o al matrimonio homosexual que en la protección efectiva de la libertad de conciencia.
Conscientious objection is an expression of the broader individual right to freedom of conscience. Its full protection can not be achieved through strictly legalist positions and requires a balancing process between the conflicting legal interests in each singular case. The current draft agreements of the Slovak Republic with the Holy See and with the other registered churches, aimed at protecting some conscientious objections typical of Catholics and of the faithful of other religions, can constitute a useful instrument to guarantee effectively the exercise of the right to conscientious objection. Therefore, it is surprising the negative opinion delivered by the European Union of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights, apparently more interested in the guarantee of a hypothetical fundamental right to abortion or to homosexual marriage than in the actual protection of freedom of conscience.
Conscientious objection is an expression of the broader individual right to freedom of conscience. Its full protection can not be achieved through strictly legalist positions and requires a balancing process between the conflicting legal interests in each singular case. The current draft agreements of the Slovak Republic with the Holy See and with the other registered churches, aimed at protecting some conscientious objections typical of Catholics and of the faithful of other religions, can constitute a useful instrument to guarantee effectively the exercise of the right to conscientious objection. Therefore, it is surprising the negative opinion delivered by the European Union of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights, apparently more interested in the guarantee of a hypothetical fundamental right to abortion or to homosexual marriage than in the actual protection of freedom of conscience.