Investigations on the use of limitations to freedom of religion or belief in Brazil

The present article analyses cases from top Brazilian courts and has received contributions from several scholars, practitioners, and public officials to better understand the use of limitations to freedom of religion or belief in the country. The Brazilian Constitution provides for the right to fre...

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Autres titres:Special Issue: Limitations to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Theory and Practice, edited by Nazila Ghanea & Thiago Alves Pinto
Auteurs: Alves Pinto, Thiago (Auteur) ; Souza Alves, Rodrigo Vitorino (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill, Nijhoff 2020
Dans: Religion and human rights
Année: 2020, Volume: 15, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 77-95
RelBib Classification:AA Sciences des religions
AB Philosophie de la religion
AD Sociologie des religions
KBR Amérique Latine
XA Droit
ZC Politique en général
Sujets non-standardisés:B limitation clauses
B freedom of religion or belief
B Human Rights
B Brazil
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Résumé:The present article analyses cases from top Brazilian courts and has received contributions from several scholars, practitioners, and public officials to better understand the use of limitations to freedom of religion or belief in the country. The Brazilian Constitution provides for the right to freedom of religion or belief as a fundamental right, and other domestic legislation regulate the right, including those implementing international human rights treaties that Brazil has ratified. These laws are easily accessible. Nevertheless, domestic courts seldom rely on such international instruments or the case-law of international bodies in their judgments. Therefore, although these instruments are in force in Brazil, domestic courts do not expressly use or refer to the clauses of permissible limitations of the relevant international and regional human rights instruments, creating a scenario with low levels of legal certainty for those seeking the protection of the right to freedom of religion or belief.
ISSN:1871-0328
Contient:Enthalten in: Religion and human rights
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18710328-BJA10004