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  • Eva Brems

Skullcap in the Courtroom: A rare case of mandatory accommodation of Islamic religious practice

December 11, 2017

In Hamidović v Bosnia and Herzegovina (5 December 2017), the Fourth Section of the Court found a violation of articles 9 and 14 ECHR on account of the punishment of a witness for wearing an Islamic skullcap in the courtroom. As almost all claims for accommodation of Islamic religious practice have failed before the Court, […]