(Brussels Times) The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) did not make a decision on Thursday regarding the case of two Belgian women who believe that a police regulation prohibiting them from going swimming in a burkini constitutes religious discrimination.
The ECHR’s decision was made because the Court of Cassation — Belgium’s main court of last instance — has not ruled on the case of the two women from Antwerp. They have therefore not exhausted all internal legal remedies. However, taking the case through all available courts in their own country is a necessary condition for approaching the ECHR, making the case inadmissible.
