(Morocco World News) The Council of State, France’s highest court, has suspended the burkini ban imposed by the municipality of Mandelieu-la-Napoule on its beaches, arguing that there was no evidence that the burkini posed risks to public order.
This ruling by the highest French administrative jurisdiction came following a legal challenge by the League of Human Rights (LDH), said a press release, emphasizing that prohibitions such as Mandelieu-la-Napoule’s burkini ban must be justified by a “current and proven risk to public order.”
The Council had already suspended similar bans in 2016.
The annual decree issued by the town hall of Mandelieu-la-Napoule in 2012 restricted access to swimming areas from June 15 to August 31, 2023.
