Secularism in All Governments The international Bill of Human Rights is an informal name for General Assembly resolution and two international treaties that were established by the UN. It is made up of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, international covenant of civil and political Rights together with two protocols that are optional international covenant of economic, social and cultural rights. The role of the international bill of human rights can therefore be seen as responsibility to individual, groups and organs of the society to promote, and protect universally recognized human rights. Secularism is a principle where there is separation government institutions and anyone with the mandate of representing the state from religious institutions and other religious dignitaries. Secularism can be seen from the perspective that it asserts the right of being free from religious rules and teachings and the right to freedom from the impositions made by governments on religions on the people in a state that is neutral on what they believe (Brace, 2005).

The bill of human rights is therefore seen as encouraging governments to adopt and promote secularism. This is because its main role is the protection of human rights and since religion...

The ideologies of human rights and religion are seen to differ in their sources, the bases of their authority, the way they are expressed as well as their substantive norms. In fact some religious communities are seen to have violated some human rights norms and it should also not go without mentioning that some religious communities have an interest in the development and defense of some human rights. Human right is a political ideology that claims to reflect universally contemporary moral institutions. Human institutions have adopted the idea of serving the purposes of good life within national political societies in an international political system which is the cause of freedom justice and peace. The human rights discourse has rooted itself totally in human dignity and finds the complete justification in that idea. Human rights contents are describe by what is required by human dignity. Contemporary human rights ideology, human dignity requires equality and…