(Re-)Characterizing Headscarf and Veil Bans as Harassment

This paper considers the possibility of using the prohibition of harassment under European anti-discrimination laws to fight the legality of headscarf bans. In fact, so far Muslim women have been unsuccessful in litigating such bans both before the ECtHR and CJEU. Rather than configuring these cases as violations of religious freedom or direct/indirect discrimination on...

Panel 84, Uncategorized, TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM