Pertinence of a General Prohibition of the Burqa and Niqab in Spain: A Human Rights Perspective

Deusto Journal of Human Rights 12:209–234 (2017)
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The debate on whether to prohibit the _burqa _and _niqab _in Spain has been reopened after the recent decision of the Spanish Supreme Court on 14 February 2013. The Spanish Supreme Court held that a municipality could not pass a local law prohibiting the right to wear the full-face veil in public spaces. This article analyzes a conceptual and theoretical framework to establish that the full-face veil qualifies as an external manifestation of the right to religious freedom. Moreover, the pertinence of a _burqa_-ban in all Spanish public spaces is analyzed and a general prohibition is not found to be a suitable, necessary, and proportional measure to achieve gender equality, public order or «respect for the minimum requirements of life in society». _Published online_: 11 December 2017.

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