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Table of contents
1. The role of ECHR jurisprudence in the emergence of a European system of protection of human rights – 2. “Repressive” tax control: the Affaire Association Cultuelle du Temple Piramide – 3. A hypothesis: existential damage from undue interference? – 4. Religious discrimination: an attempt of anti-sectarian repression
Abstract
The paper deals with the issue of tax controls used for discriminatory and anti-religious purposes and analyzes the balance between the needs of social security and religious freedom in the light of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights
Keywords
Discrimination; fiscal controls; Association Cultuelle du Temple Piramide; ECHR