The organization ruled against France not allowing, in the name of the country’s secularism, the traditional accessory to be worn by its competitors of Islamic belief.
The United Nations Organization (UN) He remembered this Tuesday his “opposition in principle” to impose on women “what they should wear or not”reacting in this way to the ban on French athletes from wearing the islamic veil in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“In general terms, the High Commissioner for Human Rights estimates that No one should impose on a woman what she should or should not wear.“declared the spokesperson for this organization, Marta Hurtadoin response to a question at the meeting with the regular press of the UN in Geneva, following statements on Sunday by the French Minister of Sports, Amelie Oudéa-Castéra.
The minister had explained on Sunday on the network France 3 the government’s attachment “to a regime of strict secularism, strictly applied in the field of Sports. What does that mean? It means the prohibition of all forms of proselytism, it means the absolute neutrality of the public service, including the representatives of our delegations, in our teams in France, who will not wear the veil.
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France will prohibit the use of veils and hijab by its Olympic athletes in Paris 2024
Amelie Oudea-Casteraminister of French sportsassured that French Muslim athletes who compete in the Paris Olympic Games to take place between June and July of next year, they will be prohibited from participating with a veil.
He even warned that the restrictions will be broader as the Olympic event approaches: “We have expressed very clearly to the Prime Minister our adherence to a regime of strict secularism, applied with the same restriction in the field of sport.”
This measure adds to the one approved by the French Senate last year, to prohibit “the use of conspicuous religious symbols” during “sporting events and sports competitions organized by affiliated federations and associations.”
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The senator Michael Savin (Les Républicains) stated that “if the wearing of the veil is not explicitly prohibited, we could see the emergence of community sports clubs that promote certain religious symbols.”
Last month, the French Minister of Education, Gabriel Attalannounced that it would ban the use of the abaya, the Islamic female tunic, in the country’s schools.
“Secularism is not a restriction, but a freedom,” he declared. Attal in an interview with the French network TF1where he mentioned a “necessary and fair” rule.
Source: Ambito
