Boerkaverbod does not violate human rights

The boerkaverbod which is in force in Belgium does not conflict with the human rights treaty.

Two women were fined because they carried a boerka in Brussels. The highest Belgian judge rejected their defenses, after which they went to Strasbourg in Strasbourg. That also assessed the request of a Muslim to destroy the ban in three Belgian municipalities.

The arguments put forward- right to privacy, religious freedom and expression and discrimination- were rejected.

The court ruled three years ago that the French ban on the public wearing of a boerka or nikab could by the bracket. Total face coverage is contrary to open democratic society because the face plays an important role in social interaction, according to the judges.