Roisin Aine Costello and Sahar Ahmed

Dr Róisín Á Costello, is a barrister and an Assistant Professor of Law at Dublin City University with a particular expertise in privacy rights and feminist legal theory. Róisín's work has appeared in the Cambridge International Law Journal, the European Human Rights Law Review, and Law & Humanities and she has acted as a consultant for the World Bank Report on Women, Business and the Law since 2017. She can be found on twitter at @RA_Costello Sahar Ahmed is a barrister and member of The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan, and a PhD student at Trinity College Dublin where her research focuses on the right to freedom of religion and Islamic jurisprudence. Sahar has previously studied and worked in London, at various human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, and is currently a member of The South Asia Collective. She can be found on twitter @saharisright

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Privacy at the Margins: France’s New Ban on the Hijab

Privacy at the Margins: France’s New Ban on the Hijab

On 30th March, less than a month after Switzerland held a plebiscite on banning the burqa and niqab in public spaces, the French Senate has moved to ban girls under the age of 18 from wearing a hijab in public places. The Senate voted ...