Saïla Ouald Chaib
Biographic Data
| ID | 4092083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saïla Ouald Chaib |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saïla Ouald |
| FAMILY NAME | Chaib |
| SIGNATURE | CHAIB S O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Postdoctoral researcher, Human Rights Centre at Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Headscarf Bans in the Belgian Education System
The headscarf, as a visible sign of religious identification, makes veiled Muslim women the subjects of wider identity politics struggles, both in their everyday experiences and in their educational choices. While many studies adopt a legal-institutional framework or discourse analysis perspective of the legislation, arguments and discourses surrounding headscarf bans, very few provide a systematic overview of the extent to which headscarf bans i…
Burkini” bans in Belgian municipal swimming pools
Muslim women’s religious dress is a matter that exercises many minds and the recent public debate on the so-called “burkini” (preferably phrased as “body covering swimwear”) is the umpteenth variation on the theme. Following the French commotion on the presence of “burkini” wearers at the coast in 2016, the “burkini” became the subject of public debate in Belgium. Whereas the “burkini” did not cause much public unrest in the context of the Belgia…
Procedural Fairness as a Vehicle for Inclusion in the Freedom of Religion Jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court
The increasing religious diversity in western Europe poses challenges for courts, including the European Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’), whose jurisprudence on the right to freedom of religion has been widely criticized for being too restrictive, unprotective and non-inclusive. This criticism mainly refers to the substantive aspect of the Court’s case law. Indeed when dealing with the question how the religious diversity can be best dealt wi…
Uncovering French and Belgian Face Covering Bans
This paper analyses the French and Belgian bans on face covering by taking a close look at the aims they are intended to serve in the eyes of the legislators in the two countries. These stated aims are the basis for a critical assessment of the bans from a human rights perspective. The authors conclude that the reasons proffered for the prohibition can legitimize at most a limited set of contextual bans, not the broad nationwide bans that are in …
Doing Minority Justice Through Procedural Fairness
The French and Belgian bans on face veils in public places have been subjected to strong substantive human rights critiques. This article takes a complementary approach, examining the bans from the perspective of procedural fairness. Indeed, the French and Belgian bans are extreme examples of legislative processes taking place above the heads of the people concerned, neglecting the ban’s possible human rights impact. After exploring what the soci…
Doing Minority Justice Through Procedural Fairness
The French and Belgian bans on face veils in public places have been subjected to strong substantive human rights critiques. This article takes a complementary approach, examining the bans from the perspective of procedural fairness. Indeed, the French and Belgian bans are extreme examples of legislative processes taking place above the heads of the people concerned, neglecting the ban’s possible human rights impact. After exploring what the soci…
Uncovering French and Belgian Face Covering Bans
This paper analyses the French and Belgian bans on face covering by taking a close look at the aims they are intended to serve in the eyes of the legislators in the two countries. These stated aims are the basis for a critical assessment of the bans from a human rights perspective. The authors conclude that the reasons proffered for the prohibition can legitimize at most a limited set of contextual bans, not the broad nationwide bans that are in …
Doing Minority Justice Through Procedural Fairness
The French and Belgian bans on face veils in public places have been subjected to strong substantive human rights critiques. This article takes a complementary approach, examining the bans from the perspective of procedural fairness. Indeed, the French and Belgian bans are extreme examples of legislative processes taking place above the heads of the people concerned, neglecting the ban’s possible human rights impact. After exploring what the soci…
Procedural Fairness as a Vehicle for Inclusion in the Freedom of Religion Jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court
The increasing religious diversity in western Europe poses challenges for courts, including the European Court of Human Rights (‘the Court’), whose jurisprudence on the right to freedom of religion has been widely criticized for being too restrictive, unprotective and non-inclusive. This criticism mainly refers to the substantive aspect of the Court’s case law. Indeed when dealing with the question how the religious diversity can be best dealt wi…
Burkini” bans in Belgian municipal swimming pools
Muslim women’s religious dress is a matter that exercises many minds and the recent public debate on the so-called “burkini” (preferably phrased as “body covering swimwear”) is the umpteenth variation on the theme. Following the French commotion on the presence of “burkini” wearers at the coast in 2016, the “burkini” became the subject of public debate in Belgium. Whereas the “burkini” did not cause much public unrest in the context of the Belgia…
Headscarf Bans in the Belgian Education System
The headscarf, as a visible sign of religious identification, makes veiled Muslim women the subjects of wider identity politics struggles, both in their everyday experiences and in their educational choices. While many studies adopt a legal-institutional framework or discourse analysis perspective of the legislation, arguments and discourses surrounding headscarf bans, very few provide a systematic overview of the extent to which headscarf bans i…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work)