(Global Legal Monitor, Nicole Atwill) On March 3, 2011, a circular implementing Law 2010-1192 on Prohibiting the Wearing of Clothing Concealing One's Face in Public Spaces was published in France's Official Gazette (Circulaire du 2 mars 2011 relative à la mise en œuvre de la loi no. 2010-1192 du 11 octobre 2010 interdisant la dissimulation du visage dans l'espace public, Legifrance online database). This prohibition is to take effect on April 11, 2011. (See Nicole Atwill, France: Law Prohibiting the Wearing of Clothing Concealing One's Face in Public Spaces Found Constitutional, GLOBAL LEGAL MONITOR (Oct. 18, 2010).)

The circular restates the provision that "concealing one's face infringes upon the minimum requirements of life in society. In addition, it places the concerned individuals in a situation of exclusion and inferiority incompatible with the principles of liberty, equality, and human dignity affirmed by the French Republic." (Circulaire, supra.)

The circular defines the terms "public spaces" to include all spaces that are open, free of charge, to the public, such as beaches, public gardens, and promenades, but also places that can be accessed under a condition, insofar as any person who wishes to enter a specific place may meet that condition (e.g., through payment of a movie or theater ticket). Under the general definition, businesses (coffee shops, restaurants, and other shops), banks, airports, train stations, and means of public transportation are considered public spaces. (Id.) Local and national public administration buildings are also public spaces. They include, for example, city halls, courts, hospitals, post offices, schools, colleges, universities, museums, and libraries. (Id.)

In public service locations, it is the head of the service who is responsible for the application of the provisions of the Law by his or her staff and must organize their training.

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End of liberty
written by Statute of Liberty, March 29, 2011

Liberty ends when a government dares to make such laws, and the subjects do nothing about it. And its interesting to note that while this and other brutal restrictions of freedom are happening in "the glorious west", the "evil muslims" are standing up for their human rights in the "primitive East".
At least someone will keep the tradition of human rights alive....
what an irony.

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written by Emis, March 30, 2011

Next they'll require women to go around with their breasts showing...

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