The Will Of A Religious That Guarantees In The Constitution Of The Democratic Republic Of Timor-Leste (2025): Research Article

Alexandre Gentil Corte Real de Araújo

doi:10.58372/2835-6276.1255

Authors

Alexandre Gentil Corte Real de Araújo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58372/2835-6276.1255

Keywords:

Religious will, constitution, state and implementation

Abstract

Introduction: The will of a religious consists of the will to profess one's faith thus, has freedom of conscience and worship time, and is considered a fundamental right of citizens, which is affirmed in the fundamental law of state law. The will of religion is a fundamental human right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations in the practice of implementation in the entire universe in the modality of will (1948; cited by Corte Real AG & Tilman CB., 2025), and is also affirmed in the fundamental law of Timor-Leste, which we have and exist in the area of interest in force.

Research Objectives: To examine the existing legal assumptions of religious will and freedom and their legal effects on the practice of religious and religious rights by religious citizens and protection of religious confessions in Timor-Leste, to analyze the foundations of fundamental rights over religious will, to identify gaps, challenges and to propose alternative legislative solutions to the protection of the rights of religious minorities to religious freedom as a fundamental and basic right that is exercised through religious confessions.

Discussion in the Research: The will to be religious is one of the rights of men and women, that is, a right inherent to the human person and needs to be positive to be respected by one and the other. The right to religious freedom in Timor-Leste requires a lot of reflection, because every right is related to the legal system and to the reality of social transformation in the country.

Conclusion: To reach this goal, it has its purpose to analyze and conclude carefully about religious freedom, being a fundamental right inherent to the human person and demonstrate the challenges, in the face of a country with so much multi cultural and religious diversity, that if we maintain freedom, in practice in the normal use of implementation that has the will and freedom of application cited by (Corte Real AG & Tilman CB., 2025).

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