France’s Veil Ban before the European Court of Human Rights

On Tuesday, July 1, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will issue a judgment on whether France’s 2010 ban on wearing full-face veils in public breaches the protections of the European Convention on Human Rights. This briefing provides background information on the case, S.A.S v. France, in which the Open Society Justice Initiative filed a third-party intervention, as well as on previous rulings by the ECHR on related issues.