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The Rights of Religious Associations to External Relations: A Comparative Study of the OSCE and the Council of Europe
- Human Rights Quarterly
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 32, Number 3, August 2010
- pp. 502-529
- 10.1353/hrq.2010.0006
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This article argues that religious associations have a number of substantive rights when it comes to their external relations. It does so though comparing the position of the OSCE and the Council of Europe. This article considers whether the emerging framework includes: (1) a right to legal entity status, (2) a right to establish and run charitable or educational institutions, (3) a right to privileges and substantive benefits and (4) a right to anything else. It concludes that the current developments are welcome because religious freedom has a collective aspect that is essential to the lives of many believers.