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UN criticises France’s ban on its Olympic athletes wearing headscarves. Dress codes should not be imposed on women, spokesperson says, after Paris Games ban affecting French athletes
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That means the prohibition of any type of proselytising and the absolute neutrality of the public service,” Oudéa-Castéra told the broadcaster France 3 on Sunday.
“As such, they may not wear a headscarf (or any other accessory or garment expressing their religious affiliation) when representing France in a national or international sporting competition,” it said in a statement.
On Tuesday Hurtado pointed to France’s obligation, as a signatory to the international convention eliminating discrimination against women, to “take all the appropriate measures to modify any social or cultural patterns which are based on the idea of inferiority or superiority of either sexes”.
The court found the ban to be “appropriate and proportionate” and said sporting federations had the right to impose neutrality requirements on their players in order to “guarantee the smooth running of matches and prevent clashes or confrontations”.
Their efforts were disparaged by the country’s hardline interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, who accused them of hoping to give the republic a “battering”, adding: “When you play football, you don’t need to know the religion of the person in front of you.”
Last year France was again rebuked by the human rights committee, which found it had discriminated against a Muslim woman by barring her from attending vocational training in a public school while wearing her headscarf.
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