MADE YOU LOOK: NIQABS, THE MUSLIM CANADIAN CONGRESS, AND R V NS

R v NS was the first Canadian case to involve a niqab-wearing sexual assault complainant. At the Supreme Court of Canada, the Muslim Canadian Congress [MCC] was especially vocal in arguing it would be un-Canadian to allow NS to testify while wearing a niqab. This paper sets out to investigate the M...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fathima Cader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2013-02-01
Series:Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice
Online Access:https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/4311