Austrian Constitutional Court will rule on headscarf ban next year, it says
The court will weigh claims that the law discriminates against Muslims after roughly 80 cases of noncompliance were reported nationwide, the education minister said.
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Austrian Constitutional Court will rule on headscarf ban next year, it says
VIENNA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Austria's Constitutional Court expects to rule on a newly introduced ban on Muslim headscarves for under-14s in schools in the first half of next year, it said on Monday. The ban, proposed by Austria's ruling coalition of ...
In addition, Höchstgericht will also advise on messenger monitoring or the supervision of social media accounts of government members in the next three weeks.
The VfGH is currently well employed: In the next three weeks, the Supreme Court will advise on not only the ban on headscarf, but also on the monitoring of messengers and the supervision of social media accounts of government members.
Austria's integration minister Claudia Bauer defends the headscarf ban for schoolgirls: At 14 years of age, girls could decide for themselves. Until then, the child's well-being will prevail.
In the next three weeks, the Constitutional Court (VfGH) will advise on several applications and complaints. Among them are, for example, the "third party complaint" of FPÖ and Greens against the supervision of messenger services or the headscarf ban for girls up to 14 years in schools. For the latter, the Supreme Court is "presumably" planning a decision for the first half of 2027.
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