Institutional Fundamentals of the Establishment of Criminal Law Prohibitions against Violation of the Right to the Freedom of Conscience and Religion

Abstract

The article is devoted to topical issues of criminal law protection of the right to freedom of conscience and religion in the form of public actions aimed at insulting the religious feelings of believers or obstructing the activities of religious organizations, the implementation of divine services or other religious rites. The author’s interpretation of the institutional foundations of the formation of prohibitions on the violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion is presented.