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26 Fla. J. Int'l L. 373 (2014)
Turning the Other Cheek: The Persecution of the Christian Minority

handle is hein.journals/fjil26 and id is 393 raw text is: TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK: THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN MINORITY Audra L. Savage* I. CHRISTIANS AS A RELIGIOUS MINORITY ..................................... 375 II. RELIGIOUS RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW .................................................................. 378 A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ......... 378 B. Declaration on the Elimination ofAll Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on R eligion or B elief ................................................................ 380 C. Regional Agreements Pertaining to Human Rights ............. 382 III. PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT, IRAN, AND IRAQ .......... 384 A . G roup R ights ........................................................................ 385 B . Individual R ights .................................................................. 387 C. Violent Persecution and Expulsion ...................................... 389 D . Concluding Observations ..................................................... 391 IV. REMEDIES TO END THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS ................ 393 A. Enforcement Under Existing Frameworks ........................... 393 B. Recommendations for Further Enforcement ........................ 394 V . C ONCLU SION ............................................................................... 396 August 14, 2013 is a day that many in Egypt will not soon forget. On that day, Islamist militants, widely believed to be members of the Muslim Brotherhood, attacked Christians and Christian buildings all over the country as revenge for the government's actions against two Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo.' The result after days of violence: the destruction * Audra L. Savage, Esq. is a candidate for the Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) degree (expected 2016) at Emory University School of Law and is resident in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion. She received her Master of Laws (LLM) degree, specializing in law and religion, from Emory University School of Law in December 2014 and her Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Columbia University School of Law in May 2004. I. Daria Solovieva, Egypt's Coptic Christians Face Unprecedented Reprisals from the Muslim Brotherhood, WASH. TIMEs (Aug. 20, 2013), available at http://www.washingtontimes. com/news/2013/aug/20/egypts-coptic-christians-face-unprecedented-repris/?page=all; George Thomas, Killing Egypt's Christians: 'She Was Our Only Little Child,' CBN NEWS (Nov. 7, 2013), 373

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