Head Coverings in the Courtroom: A Question of Respect for the Judge or of Judicial Tolerance?
(2016)
p.1-6
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- Eva Brems (UGent) , Corina Heri (UGent) and Lieselot Verdonck (UGent)
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- Abstract
- The Human Rights Centre at Ghent University (the HRC) first initiated the present research while preparing an amicus curiae brief in the Lachiri v. Belgium case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The applicant in Lachiri, who was a civil party in legal proceedings concerning the murder of her brother, was denied access to a Brussels courtroom after refusing to remove her Islamic headscarf . Ms. Lachiri’s admission was refused in reliance on Article 759 of the Belgian Judicial Code (Gerechtelijk Wetboek/ Code Judiciaire), which provides that “[t]he audience will attend the sessions with their heads uncovered, respectfully and silently; whatever the judge commands for the maintenance of order will be punctually and immediately executed.” In its third-party intervention, the HRC sought to supply the ECtHR with additional information concerning three points: the debate on the wearing of Islamic headscarves in Belgium, the history, object and purpose of Article 759 of the Belgian Judicial Code, and the scope of the State margin of appreciation in prohibiting religious items of clothing.
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7196861
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- Brems, Eva, et al. Head Coverings in the Courtroom: A Question of Respect for the Judge or of Judicial Tolerance? Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, 2016, pp. 1–6.
- APA
- Brems, E., Heri, C., & Verdonck, L. (2016). Head Coverings in the Courtroom: A Question of Respect for the Judge or of Judicial Tolerance? Ghent, Belgium: Human Rights Centre, Ghent University.
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- Brems, Eva, Corina Heri, and Lieselot Verdonck. 2016. “Head Coverings in the Courtroom: A Question of Respect for the Judge or of Judicial Tolerance?” Ghent, Belgium: Human Rights Centre, Ghent University.
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- Brems, Eva, Corina Heri, and Lieselot Verdonck. 2016. “Head Coverings in the Courtroom: A Question of Respect for the Judge or of Judicial Tolerance?” Ghent, Belgium: Human Rights Centre, Ghent University.
- Vancouver
- 1.Brems E, Heri C, Verdonck L. Head Coverings in the Courtroom: A Question of Respect for the Judge or of Judicial Tolerance? Ghent, Belgium: Human Rights Centre, Ghent University; 2016. p. 1–6.
- IEEE
- [1]E. Brems, C. Heri, and L. Verdonck, “Head Coverings in the Courtroom: A Question of Respect for the Judge or of Judicial Tolerance?” Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 1–6, 2016.
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