International legal aspects of the fight against profiling and stigma and their influence on the formation of national sense of justice

Abstract

The relevance of the topic is due to the increasing role of national sense of justice in the formation of  modern society. The article discusses the legal aspects of the relationship of religion and national  sense of justice. The author reveals the essence of national legal consciousness by analyzing its fea-tures, structure and types. The author concludes that religion and legal consciousness interact with  each other in the process of regulating social relations and have a direct impact on human behavior.  As a result of this influence in modern society, a negative attitude towards representatives of other re-ligions is formed in the minds of many people. Thisis the cause of many interethnic, inter-religious  conflicts in states. The article analyzes the international legal acts adopted in order to eliminate reli-gious intolerance, discrimination based on religious affiliation. The author explores the essence of  such negative manifestations of social and religious intolerance as profiling and stigmatization. The  author's view on the problem of combating the facts of negative profiling and stigmatization and its  role in maintaining social harmony and nationwide unity is presented. The article concludes that the  existence of ethnic profiling and stigmatization creates favorable conditions for facts of discrimina-tion on ethnic and social grounds. Conclusions and suggestions are formulated to prevent stigma and  profiling.