{"id":6585,"date":"2018-10-23T14:57:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T14:57:20","slug":"france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s ban on Islamic veil violates human rights: UN Rights Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France\u2019s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France\u2019s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights.<\/h4>\n<h4>France had failed to make the case for its ban and ordered it to review the legislation, the committee said in a statement.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cIn particular, the Committee was not persuaded by France\u2019s claim that a ban on face covering was necessary and proportionate from a security standpoint or for attaining the goal of \u201cliving together\u201d in society,\u201d it said, Reuters reported.<\/h4>\n<h4>The committee, a panel of independent experts who oversee countries\u2019 compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, said France had 180 days to report back to say what actions it had taken.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France\u2019s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights. \u00a0 The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France\u2019s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights. France had failed to make the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[108,219,207,205],"class_list":["post-6585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-france","tag-human-rights","tag-islamic","tag-muslim"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>France&#039;s ban on Islamic veil violates human rights: UN Rights Panel - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"France&#039;s ban on Islamic veil violates human rights: UN Rights Panel - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France\u2019s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights. \u00a0 The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France\u2019s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights. France had failed to make the &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-23T14:57:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/images_2018_10_23_09.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/\",\"name\":\"France's ban on Islamic veil violates human rights: UN Rights Panel - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/images_2018_10_23_09.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-23T14:57:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-23T14:57:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/images_2018_10_23_09.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/images_2018_10_23_09.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"France&#8217;s ban on Islamic veil violates human rights: UN Rights Panel\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\",\"name\":\"Arooj\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"France's ban on Islamic veil violates human rights: UN Rights Panel - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"France's ban on Islamic veil violates human rights: UN Rights Panel - Shia Waves","og_description":"The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France\u2019s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights. \u00a0 The UN Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday that France\u2019s ban on the niqab, the full-body Islamic veil, was a violation of human rights. France had failed to make the &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2018-10-23T14:57:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/images_2018_10_23_09.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arooj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arooj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/","name":"France's ban on Islamic veil violates human rights: UN Rights Panel - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/images_2018_10_23_09.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-23T14:57:20+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-23T14:57:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/images_2018_10_23_09.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/images_2018_10_23_09.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6585-france-s-ban-on-islamic-veil-violates-human-rights-un-rights-panel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"France&#8217;s ban on Islamic veil violates human rights: UN Rights Panel"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9","name":"Arooj","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}