Autonomy and promotion of religious minorities’ rights: a historical-legal perspective

Questo contributo si concentra sul rapporto tra autonomia e promozione dei diritti delle minoranze religiose, esaminando i principali modelli di autonomia sviluppati nel passato e nell’età contemporanea nello spazio europeo e sulla sponda sud del Mediterraneo, e la misura in cui essi hanno promosso tali diritti. Inoltre mette in luce le differenze tra tali modelli rispetto alle preferenze e bisogni manifestati dalle minoranze religiose esaminate in questo studio.

This paper focuses on the relationship between autonomy and promotion of religious minorities’ rights, by examining the main models of autonomy developed in the past and in the present in the European space and on the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the extent to which they have promoted the rights of religious minorities. It also aims to highlight the differences among such models vis–à–vis the preferences and needs manifested by some religious minorities.