France's niqab ban 'violates' human rights, UN declares as it demands compensation for women 'confined at home and marginalised'
- U.N. Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday it would review French laws
- The Committee said the ban harmed their right to manifest their religious beliefs
- The country now has 180 days to report back and say what action it will take
- France has an international obligation to comply with committee 'in good faith'
France's ban on the niqab has been ruled a violation of human rights, The U.N.Human Rights Committee said on Tuesday.
In a landmark ruling the UN moved to support wearers of the full-body Islamic veil and ordered France to repay two French women convicted for wearing niqabs in 2012.
The committee said in a statement that France had failed to make the case for its so-called 'burqa ban' and ordered it to review the legislation.
A panel of independent experts who oversee countries´ compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, said France had 180 days to report back to say what actions it had taken.
Hind Ahmas wears a niqab despite a nationwide ban on the Islamic face veil outside the courts after she was arrested for wearing the niqab in public, in Meaux, Paris in 2011
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