European Court of Human Rights

November 5, 2017

Bashing Bill 62

Criticism of Québec’s face-veil ban coming from elsewhere in Canada is neither hypocritical nor disproportionate Continue reading

Constitutional law, Law and Religion

Bill 62, Canada, European Court of Human Rights, niqab, Québec, veil, voile
July 2, 2014

Le visage de l’oppression

Dans une décision rendue hier, S.A.S. c. France, la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme a statué que l’interdiction du voile intégral par la France n’enfreint pas la garantie de liberté religieuse de la Convention européenne des droits l’homme. Bien que les juges majoritaires soient manifestement sceptiques d’au moins certains des arguments invoqués au soutien de l’interdiction, ils acceptent Continue reading

Law and Religion

European Court of Human Rights, laïcité, secularism, veil, vivre-ensemble, voile
May 17, 2013

Voice after Exit, European Edition

I wrote last year about a court challenge by two Canadian citizens living in the United States to a provision of the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000 c. 9 (CEA), which prohibits Canadians who have resided abroad for more than five consecutive years (except members of the Canadian forces, civil servants, diplomats, and employees of international organization) from Continue reading

Constitutional law, Law of Democracy

Canada, Charter, election law, elections, European Court of Human Rights, expatriates, voting