FRENCH BURKA BAN AND THE MARGIN OF APPRECIATION DOCTRINE

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), as a Grand Chamber, declared in its judgment for the case of S.A.S v. France of 1 July 2014 that the ban on wearing clothing designed to conceal one's face in public places, introduced by Law n degrees 2010-1192 of 11 October 2010, that there had been no violation of Articles 8, 9 and 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), taken separately or together with Article 14 of the ECHR, because of the wide margin of appreciation in the issue. Along with the central aspects of the case law I will focus the review in the critical aspects of the case and the margin of appreciation doctrine.