Information Note on the Court’s case-law 263
June 2022
Missaoui and Akhandaf v. Belgium (communicated case) - 54795/21
Article 14
Discrimination
Ban on full body swimsuit (burkini) in municipal swimming pool: communicated
The applicants are two Muslim women complaining about the ban on wearing a full body swimsuit in a public swimming pool. Finding that the ban amounted to discrimination on grounds of religion, they applied to the courts in 2017 to have it set aside, in particular challenging the relevant municipal regulations. In 2020 their complaints were dismissed on appeal.
Communicated under Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 9.
(See also S.A.S. v. France [GC], no. 43835/11, 1 July 2014 (legal summary), Dakir v. Belgium, no. 4619/12, 11 July 2017 (legal summary), and Osmanoğlu and Kocabaş v. Switzerland (dec.), no. 29086/12, 10 January 2017 (legal summary))
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