Female Subjects of International Human Rights Law

The Hijab1Debate and the Exotic Other Female2

Bibliographic Data

ID12733663
AuthorsSevda Clark (0009-0009-2233-8751, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume19
Issue1
Pages35-48
Publication date2007-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Change Peace & Security (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1478-1158 • E-ISSN: 1478-1166
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14781150601138067
OpenAlexW2022367543
LanguageEN
Citations received3

In this paper, the presupposed ideas upon which the hijab is probibited in both France and Turkey – concerning the nature and purpose of veiling (these notions informed and influenced by a long history of Orientalism) – are examined and shown to provide an insufficient justification for the prohibition. Such notions serve to marginalize Muslim Women in the broader women's rights movement in international human rights law, thereby engendering and maintaining the ‘otherness’ of the Muslim woman as the ‘Exotic Female Other’. Having considered how the rhetoric surrounding Muslim women, the veil and the prohibition are easily challenged and therefore significantly undermine the ban's validity, the international law implications of the hijab ban are addressed – namely, the particular human rights that are violated are outlined in addition to a survey of the current effectiveness of international human rights discourse and institutions. Recommendations as to what should be done are also offered

Human rights · International human rights law · International law · Islam · Orientalism · Political science · Rhetoric · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society

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