Endvidere har Den Europæiske Menneskerettighedsdomstol for nylig bestemt, at forbuddet ikke udgør en krænkelse af kvinders rettigheder. Hvert enkelt land må definere sin politik med hensyn til religiøse symboler.
In addition, the European Court of Human Rights recently decided that Turkey, with this ban, is not flouting women’s rights; each country is entitled to adopt its own policy on religious symbols.