STEDH (Gran Sala) de 1 de julio de 2014. Asunto S.A.S. v. France (application no. 43835/11). The Court held that there had been no violation of the Convention. The case concerned the complaint of a French national, who is a practising Muslim, that she is no longer allowed to wear the full-face veil in public following the entry into force, in 2011 of a law prohibiting the concealment of one’s face in public places. The Court emphasised that respect for the conditions of “living together” was a legitimate aim for the measure at issue and that, particularly as the State had a lot of room for manoeuvre (“a wide margin of appreciation”) as regards this general policy question on which there were significant differences of opinion, the ban imposed by the French Law did not breach the Convention (Texto completo).

Normativa directamente relacionda:

• Circulaire du 2 mars 2011, relative à la mise en œuvre de la loi núm. 2010-1192, du 11 octobre 2010 interdisant la dissimulation du visage dans l’espace public.

Bibliografia:

• OLMEDO PALACIOS, Manuel.: "La sentencia del TEDH en el asunto S.A.S. c. Francia [GC], núm. 43835/2011, ECHR 2014, sobre la prohibición del velo integral en lugares públicos", Diario La Ley, núm. 8363, 28 de julio de 2014

Noticias relacionadas:

• Press release. 
• Francia: Sentencia sobre uso de velos que cubren el rostro atenta contra derechos. © HRW.org.
• La justicia europea respalda la ley francesa que veta el velo integral. Gabriela Cañas (París) © El País.com.

Antecedentes:

• Webcast of the hearing (27/11/2013).

Más jurisprudencia sobre los símbolos religiosos:

• Religious symbols and clothing.

• STEDH 26.06.2014. Filiación: gestación por sustitución.

Otras sentencias recientes del TEDH: