The legal approach to cults and what we call “controversial religious movements” varies considerably across European countries. The European Court of Human Rights has gradually imposed some limits and guidelines. The paper examine the balances and the limits imposed by the Court for each of these policies, from classical prosecution of illegal practices,to policies aimed to fight against non-discrimination — particularly in the context of policy incentives, and more recently new policies improving public information.
Christians, L.-L. (2014). Public Policies and Cults in European Case Law: Between Security, Non-discrimination, and Public Information. In Kirkham, David (Ed.) (ed.), State Responses to Minority Religions (pp. 101-116). Ashgate Publishing. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/56144