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Porträttbild av Jessica Almqvist. Foto.

Jessica Almqvist

Professor

Porträttbild av Jessica Almqvist. Foto.

Global Judicial Governance of Cultural Diversity: The Role of the European Judge

Författare

  • Jessica Almqvist

Summary, in English

How to manage a growing cultural and religious diversity with its origin in human mobility across the globe is a pressing theme in Europe. A process of shrinking tolerance of diversity in favour of the imposition of prohibitions of certain acts grounded in culture is now observed. Both female genital mutilation involving unjustified violence against children and women and other cultural practices believed to be oppressive, such as the full-face Islamic veil in public places, have been criminalized. This development prompts the question about the role of European judges in the enforcement and review of these bans. More generally, it brings into focus the prospects of judicial governance in times of diversity, whether it is to provide justice in individual cases, protect fundamental rights, or promote transparency in law-making processes. In this light, the aim of this paper is to examine the nature and degree of European judicial engagement with cases involving law-breaking depending on cultural differences. Of main interest are the challenges currently facing European judges in the process of judging and sanctioning the new crimes as well as in the performance of judicial review.

Avdelning/ar

  • Folkrätt

Publiceringsår

2015-12-31

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

ESIL Conference Paper Series No. 2/2015

Dokumenttyp

Konferensbidrag

Ämne

  • Law

Nyckelord

  • Human rights
  • Female genital mutilation
  • Islamic veil
  • Immigrant women
  • Tolerance
  • European Court of Human Rights
  • Cultural diversity
  • Mänskliga rättigheter

Aktiv

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Public International Law