Motion
- Motion title
- Swiss referendum
- Session
- 2020-2021
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 29 May 2021
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- 18
- Motion text
In March Switzerland voted in favour of banning face coverings in public, including the burka or niqab worn by Muslim women. The proposal was put forward by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) which campaigned with slogans such as 'Stop extremism'.
'Today's decision opens old wounds, further expands the principle of legal inequality, and sends a clear signal of exclusion to the Muslim minority,' the Central Council of Muslims said in a statement.
This vote occurred against the backdrop of similar moves by the Far Right in France and elsewhere.
These bans are not about promoting women’s rights but are Islamophobic.
We offer our solidarity to the Muslim community in Switzerland and will oppose any such moves in the UK.
- Proposing body
- National executive committee (NEC)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Equality committee
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2021/C/05-29/141/18