(imho) this is not a good result, and I hope it gets appealed higher ...
You wrote "setting a uniform policy, providing it permits pupils to dress in a way consistent with their religions" and the point is that the uniform policy that school had *WAS* constistent with that religion, indeed it was fully agreed with local religious leaders and included headscarf, trousers (banned for all girls in my day!) and everything else required to prove 'modesty' in the eyes of her religion.
The appeal was unheld on a close technicality that cannot be left to stand, in that they held that the *student* should have had to agree to the uniform requirement - the uniform and the policy that it should be worn by all pupils itself being acceptable. If a school (or, indeed, any firm in the country that sets a dress code for its staff) has to get the agreement of each individual pupil and member of staff then, clearly, a uniform dress code will not last long. Taken to extreme (and it would appear that this might even apply) what happens when a soldier decides they don't like green camo but want pink camo?
Yes, there is a 'religious' element to the decision - for some value of #religion - but that won't last long if you put it against human rights equivalency tests.
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You wrote "setting a uniform policy, providing it permits pupils to dress in a way consistent with their religions" and the point is that the uniform policy that school had *WAS* constistent with that religion, indeed it was fully agreed with local religious leaders and included headscarf, trousers (banned for all girls in my day!) and everything else required to prove 'modesty' in the eyes of her religion.
The appeal was unheld on a close technicality that cannot be left to stand, in that they held that the *student* should have had to agree to the uniform requirement - the uniform and the policy that it should be worn by all pupils itself being acceptable. If a school (or, indeed, any firm in the country that sets a dress code for its staff) has to get the agreement of each individual pupil and member of staff then, clearly, a uniform dress code will not last long. Taken to extreme (and it would appear that this might even apply) what happens when a soldier decides they don't like green camo but want pink camo?
Yes, there is a 'religious' element to the decision - for some value of #religion - but that won't last long if you put it against human rights equivalency tests.
imho, though ...