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1
July
2014

Rights advocates contest the European court’s face-veil decision

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📅 1 July 2014 📍 France

The European Court of Human Rights upheld France’s public face-covering ban in S.A.S. v. France, accepting the state’s living-together argument. Amnesty International criticized the judgment for penalizing women’s expression of belief. The outcome illustrates a legal setback within resistance to restrictions on Muslim women’s dress, and disagreement between the court’s reasoning and rights advocates’ assessment.

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Organizations in this Event

European Court of Human Rights; Amnesty International