The Experiences of Face Veil Wearers in Europe and the Law

Eva Brems is a Professor of Human Rights Law at the Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Belgium, where her research covers most areas of human rights law with a specific interest in minority issues and women's rights.

1. Introduction to the volume Eva Brems; Part I. Wearing the Face Veil in Europe: 2. Face veiling in The Netherlands: public debates and women's narratives Annelies Moors; 3. Niqabis in Denmark: when politicians ask for a qualitative and quantitative profiling of a very small and elusive sub-culture Kate Østergaard, Margit Warburg and Birgitte Schepelern Johansen; 4. The Belgian 'Burqa ban' confronted with insider realities Eva Brems, Yaiza Janssens, Kim Lecoyer, Saïla Ouald Chaib, Victoria Vandersteen and Jogchum Vrielink; 5. France vs England Naima Bouteldja; Part II. Debating the Face Veil: 6. Insider perspectives and the human rights debate on face veil bans Emmanuelle Bribosia and Isabelle Rorive; 7. Symptomatic symbolism: banning the face veil 'as a symbol' Jogchum Vrielink; 8. Bas les masques! Unveiling Muslim women on behalf of the protection of public order: reflections on the legal controversies around a novel definition of 'public order' used to ban full-face covering in France Rim-Sarah Alouane; 9. Islamic veil bans: the gender equality justification and empirical evidence Erica Howard; 10. Women's oppression and face veil bans: a feminist assessment Dolores Morondo Taramundi; 11. The return of a persecuting society? Criminalising facial veils in Europe Maleiha Malik; 12. Asserting state sovereignty: the face veil ban in Belgium Nadia Fadil; 13. The performativity of face veil controversies across Europe Schirin Amir-Moazami; 14. Proscribing unveiling - law a chimera and an instrument in the political agenda Susan S. M. Edwards.