Religious Documents on Human Rights
List of selected official documents on religion and human rights.
Catholicism
- Rerum Novarum, Encyclical, Pope Leo XIII, 1891
- Pacem in Terris, Encyclical, Pope John XXIII, 1963
- Gaudium et Spes, Pastoral Constitution, Second Vatican Council, 1965
- Dignitatis Humanae, Declaration, Second Vatican Council, 1965
- Nostra Aetate, Declaration, Second Vatican Council, 1965
Other encyclicals on social issues:
- Popolorum Progressio, Pope Paul VI, 1967
- Laborem Exercnes, Pope John Paul II, 1981
- Sollecitudo Rei Socialis, Pope John Paul II, 1987
- Centesimus Annus, Pope John Paul II, 1991
- Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedictus XVI, 2009
- Evangelii Gaudium, Apostolic Exhortation, Pope Francis, 2013
- Laudato Si’, Pope Francis, 2015
Islam
Buddhism
- “A Clean Environment is a Human Right”, Message, Tenzin Gyatso, XIV Dalai Lama, 1990
- “Human Rights and Universal Responsability”, Message to the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna, Austria), Tenzin Gyatso, XIV Dalai Lama, 1993
- Message on the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Tenzin Gyatso, XIV Dalai Lama, 1998
- “Human Rights, Democracy and Freedom”, Message on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Tenzin Gyatso, XIV Dalai Lama, 2008