APLICABILIDADE DOS TRATADOS INTERNACIONAIS DE DIREITOS HUMANOS NO BRASIL: REFLEXOS NA ÁREA TRIBUTÁRIA.

Abstract

This dissertation deals with the reflections in the tax area, the applicability in Brazilian law of international human rights treaties. Such applicability stems from the opening of the national legal system, by Constitution of 1988, the international system of human rights protection, enabling the incorporation of those treaties into domestic law, as normative source for the protection of those rights. As regards the legal impact of such treaties in domestic law, presents to the situations of normative conflict, the effectiveness of the dialogical method of solution of antinomies, guided by hermeneutical principle international pro homine. And because of the hierarchical superiority attributed to international treaties of human rights, demonstrates that they appear as vertical limits to production materials normative state, and possible control of conventionality of domestic legislation in the face of such international treaties. From these findings, we study the applicability of international human rights treaties in tax being examined specific violations of human rights by the current taxation model in matters relating to the technical implementation of the principle of ability to pay, not granting tax benefits for discrimination arising from economic position; disrespect the right not to self-incrimination; disrespect to the principle of non bis in idem. It was concluded in the end that the application of the Human Rights Treaties to tax matters arises as indispensable foundation and essential to be invoked by the taxpayer and by applying the law, concerning the violations of such rights by the system of taxation in force, in addition to contribute to the tax law becomes an instrument for minimizing social inequalities and trigger development of peoples.