R v NS
(012 SCC 72, [2012] 3 SCR 726): Supreme Court of Canada: McLachlin CJ and LeBel, Deschamps, Fish, Abella, Rothstein, and Cromwell JJ: 20 December 2012
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23027783 |
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| Authors | D Thayer (0000-0001-5205-8691, Office of the Attorney General, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 175-175 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oxford Journal of Law and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2047-0770 • E-ISSN: 2047-0789 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ojlr/rwt063 |
| OpenAlex | W2020100319 |
| Language | EN |
Charter of Rights – Freedom of religion – Right to fair hearing – Right to make full answer and defence – Muslim witness at preliminary hearing in sexual assault trial wanting to testify with face covered by niqab – Whether requiring witness to remove niqab interference with right to religious freedom – Whether permitting niqab creating serious risk to trial fairness – Whether accommodation possible – If not, whether salutary effects of requiring witness to remove niqab outweighing deleterious effects – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ss 2(a), 7, 11(d)
Charter · Fish <Actinopterygii> · Fishery · Political science · Supreme court · Theology · Witness · Criminal Law and Evidence · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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