Religious organizations as participants in the discourse of the concept of human rights

The article carries out a theoretical and legal study of religious organizations as participants in the discourse of the concept of human rights, clarification of the peculiarities of their perception of human rights in the historical context. It is proved that the contribution of Western and Eastern religious organizations to the development of the concept of human rights is not homologous. Human rights theory is a legacy of Western civilization, and it is natural that Western religious organizations (both Catholic and Protestant) develop their human rights teachings within this cultural paradigm. World religious organizations in their social doctrines define their own position regarding certain human rights. Catholic and Protestant religious organizations were the first to form such doctrines, and at the end of the 20th century. this issue became relevant in the Orthodox Churches as well. It has been found that two polar positions can be traced in the modern leading religions of the world, on the one hand, emphasis is placed on the observance of all human rights declared by international legal documents, on the other hand, differences in their understanding of human rights and liberal legal interpretation are indicated. The position they take depends on which aspects of this problem they consider to be their priority