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The limits of post-national citizenship: European Muslims, human rights and the hijab

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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:31 authored by June EdmundsJune Edmunds
Innovative approaches to citizenship emerged in the 1990s. Post-national theory suggested that European minorities no longer needed national citizenship because supra-national political structures such as the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) offered them protections. Denationalized citizenship held that universal human rights were now available at the national level too as the Council of Europe's member countries had to incorporate human rights principles within their own jurisdictions. New forms of claims-making among European Muslims were cited as evidence of this trend as religious claims, especially relating to the hijab, began to be made through human rights litigation. This paper demonstrates the limits of post-nationalism through a discussion of the outcomes of such claims. While European Muslims are indeed mobilizing around human rights, there is no evidence - at the level of litigation - that this has helped them to win recognition of their religious or cultural rights. This paper explores the reasons for this

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  • Published

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Journal

Ethnic and Racial Studies

ISSN

0141-9870

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

7

Volume

35

Page range

1181-1199

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  • Sociology and Criminology Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-11-13

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2012-11-13

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