Editing Apostasy (section)

==Human rights==
{{See also|Religious conversion}}
The [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]], considers the recanting of a person's religion a [[human rights|human right]] legally protected by the [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]:
{{Blockquote|The Committee observes that the freedom to 'have or to adopt' a religion or belief necessarily entails the freedom to choose a religion or belief, including the right to replace one's current religion or belief with another or to adopt atheistic views&nbsp;... Article 18.2<ref>{{ws | [[s: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights#Article 18|Article 18.2]] of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights}}</ref> bars coercion that would impair the right to have or adopt a religion or belief, including the use of threat of physical force or penal sanctions to compel believers or non-believers to adhere to their religious beliefs and congregations, to recant their religion or belief or to convert.<ref name="umn">{{cite web|url=http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/gencomm/hrcom22.htm |title=University of Minnesota Human Rights Library &#124; CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.4, General Comment No. 22., 1993 |publisher=umn.edu|access-date=2015-08-16}}</ref>}}