WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Does the constitution explicitly protect freedom of religion from infringing on the rights of others?

Freedom of religion includes the right to freedom of religion, the right to freedom of belief, the right to adopt of change religion, the right to freedom to manifest religion/belief, and the freedom to proselytize.

No universal guarantee of religious freedom means that the constitution does not explicitly address the right to freedom of religion or denies freedom of religion in full or in part for at least some religions.

No relevant restrictions or right is explicitly inviolable means that the constitution either does not explicitly address restrictions on freedom of religion to protect the rights of others or states that freedom of religion is inviolable.

Protection of others’ religious beliefs or the secularism of the state means that the constitution explicitly allows for restrictions on the right to freedom of religion to prevent religion from impinging on others’ beliefs, protect individuals from religious conversion, or protect the secular or humanistic nature of the state.

Protection from incitement to hatred means that the constitution explicitly allows for restrictions on the right to freedom of religion to prevent the advocacy of hatred, religious intolerance, or acts that create division between groups of people.

Explicit protection of rights of others means that the constitution explicitly allows for restrictions on freedom of religion to protect the rights or freedoms or others or ensure the respect of the human person.

Countries

Egypt - No universal guarantee of religious freedom

Iran - No universal guarantee of religious freedom

Liechtenstein - No universal guarantee of religious freedom

Malaysia - No universal guarantee of religious freedom

Mauritania - No universal guarantee of religious freedom

Saudi Arabia - No universal guarantee of religious freedom

Somalia - No universal guarantee of religious freedom

Switzerland - No universal guarantee of religious freedom

Afghanistan - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Andorra - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Angola - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Argentina - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Australia - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Austria - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Bahrain - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Bangladesh - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Belgium - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Bolivia - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Brazil - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Brunei - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Cameroon - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Canada - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Chile - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Colombia - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Comoros - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Republic of the Congo - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Costa Rica - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Denmark - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Djibouti - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Dominican Republic - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

El Salvador - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Equatorial Guinea - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Finland - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

France - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

The Gambia - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Germany - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Greece - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Greenland - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Haiti - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Iceland - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

India - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Indonesia - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Ireland - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Israel - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Italy - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Japan - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Jordan - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Republic of Korea - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Kuwait - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Lebanon - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Libya - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Luxembourg - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

North Macedonia - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Malawi - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Maldives - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Mali - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Mexico - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Micronesia, Federated States of - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Monaco - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Mongolia - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Morocco - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Mozambique - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

The Netherlands - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

New Zealand - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Norway - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Oman - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Pakistan - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Palau - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Panama - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Paraguay - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Peru - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

The Philippines - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Portugal - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Qatar - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

San Marino - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Sao Tome and Principe - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Senegal - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Singapore - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

South Sudan - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Spain - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Suriname - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Sweden - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Syria - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Thailand - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Tonga - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Trinidad and Tobago - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

United Arab Emirates - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

United States of America - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Uruguay - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Yemen - No relevant restrictions or right is explicilty inviolable

Benin - Protection of others' religious beliefs or the secularism of the state

Estonia - Protection of others' religious beliefs or the secularism of the state

Guatemala - Protection of others' religious beliefs or the secularism of the state

Iraq - Protection of others' religious beliefs or the secularism of the state

Nepal - Protection of others' religious beliefs or the secularism of the state

Romania - Protection of others' religious beliefs or the secularism of the state

Sudan - Protection of others' religious beliefs or the secularism of the state

Central African Republic - Protection from incitement to hatred

Gabon - Protection from incitement to hatred

Laos - Protection from incitement to hatred

Niger - Protection from incitement to hatred

Albania - Explicit protection of rights of others

Algeria - Explicit protection of rights of others

Antigua and Barbuda - Explicit protection of rights of others

Armenia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Azerbaijan - Explicit protection of rights of others

Bahamas - Explicit protection of rights of others

Barbados - Explicit protection of rights of others

Belarus - Explicit protection of rights of others

Belize - Explicit protection of rights of others

Bhutan - Explicit protection of rights of others

Botswana - Explicit protection of rights of others

Bulgaria - Explicit protection of rights of others

Burkina Faso - Explicit protection of rights of others

Burundi - Explicit protection of rights of others

Cambodia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Cabo Verde - Explicit protection of rights of others

Chad - Explicit protection of rights of others

China - Explicit protection of rights of others

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Explicit protection of rights of others

Cote d'Ivoire - Explicit protection of rights of others

Croatia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Cuba - Explicit protection of rights of others

Cyprus - Explicit protection of rights of others

Czech Republic - Explicit protection of rights of others

Dominica - Explicit protection of rights of others

Ecuador - Explicit protection of rights of others

Eritrea - Explicit protection of rights of others

Ethiopia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Fiji - Explicit protection of rights of others

Georgia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Ghana - Explicit protection of rights of others

Grenada - Explicit protection of rights of others

Guinea - Explicit protection of rights of others

Guinea-Bissau - Explicit protection of rights of others

Guyana - Explicit protection of rights of others

Honduras - Explicit protection of rights of others

Hungary - Explicit protection of rights of others

Jamaica - Explicit protection of rights of others

Kazakhstan - Explicit protection of rights of others

Kenya - Explicit protection of rights of others

Kiribati - Explicit protection of rights of others

Kyrgyzstan - Explicit protection of rights of others

Latvia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Lesotho - Explicit protection of rights of others

Liberia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Lithuania - Explicit protection of rights of others

Madagascar - Explicit protection of rights of others

Malta - Explicit protection of rights of others

Marshall Islands - Explicit protection of rights of others

Mauritius - Explicit protection of rights of others

Moldova - Explicit protection of rights of others

Montenegro - Explicit protection of rights of others

Myanmar - Explicit protection of rights of others

Namibia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Nauru - Explicit protection of rights of others

Nicaragua - Explicit protection of rights of others

Nigeria - Explicit protection of rights of others

Papua New Guinea - Explicit protection of rights of others

Poland - Explicit protection of rights of others

Russian Federation - Explicit protection of rights of others

Rwanda - Explicit protection of rights of others

Samoa - Explicit protection of rights of others

Serbia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Seychelles - Explicit protection of rights of others

Sierra Leone - Explicit protection of rights of others

Slovakia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Slovenia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Solomon Islands - Explicit protection of rights of others

South Africa - Explicit protection of rights of others

Sri Lanka - Explicit protection of rights of others

St. Kitts and Nevis - Explicit protection of rights of others

St. Lucia - Explicit protection of rights of others

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Explicit protection of rights of others

Eswatini - Explicit protection of rights of others

Tajikistan - Explicit protection of rights of others

Tanzania - Explicit protection of rights of others

Timor-Leste - Explicit protection of rights of others

Togo - Explicit protection of rights of others

Tunisia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Türkiye - Explicit protection of rights of others

Turkmenistan - Explicit protection of rights of others

Tuvalu - Explicit protection of rights of others

Uganda - Explicit protection of rights of others

Ukraine - Explicit protection of rights of others

United Kingdom - Explicit protection of rights of others

Uzbekistan - Explicit protection of rights of others

Vanuatu - Explicit protection of rights of others

Venezuela - Explicit protection of rights of others

Vietnam - Explicit protection of rights of others

Zambia - Explicit protection of rights of others

Zimbabwe - Explicit protection of rights of others