GENEVA – France must reverse discriminatory measures banning women and girls who choose to wear the hijab from doing so while playing sports and ensure compliance with its international human rights obligations, UN experts* said today. According to the experts, the decisions by the French football and basketball federations to exclude players wearing the hijab from competitions, including at amateur level, and the French Government’s decision to prevent French athletes wearing the hijab from representing the country at the Paris Olympic Games, are disproportionate and discriminatory, and infringe on their…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 28 October 2024. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
