Court revokes ban serve halal meals in prison

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Administrative Court? The decision of the High Administrative Court of Lyon Grenoble canceled Tuesday, November 7, 2013 the director of the prison of Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (Isère) requires serving food halal meat for Muslim prisoners

In its judgment, the Court held that "given the opportunity for inmates to get a meal without pork or vegetarian dishes, the availability of sufficient food at major festivals and opportunities to buy halal meat by the" catastrophe "?, The right balance between the needs of the civil service and the rights of prisoners in religious matters. "

The court followed a public speaker, July 2, the annulment of the contested decision.

On 16 July, the Council of State suspended "temporarily" judgment TA Grenoble, before the administrative court? Lyon Chamber of the seizure of the state of emergency by the Department of Justice.

Advice? Stop condition is evaluated to support that? Execution? Such a move would be "due to its high organizational and financial consequences difficult to reverse the charge."

Taken prisoner, November 7, 2013, the Director of the Administrative Court of Grenoble ordered in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier "normal" Halal meat detained compounds menus offer "three months".

The court relied in particular the principle of secularism that without "an obstacle to the Muslim prisoners menus offered on meat for religious rituals of Islam" and the provisions of "the guarantee of religious freedom requires" Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.