Geneva is legislating to ban the wearing of the burkini in public swimming pools and baths. Adopted on Thursday by the cantonal parliament's right-wing majority, the new law does not, however, directly name the garment. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The new law stipulates that "the only clothing permitted in swimming pools is one-piece or two-piece swimming costumes whose maximum length is above the knees and which leave the arms bare". This de facto excludes burkinis, which was the intention of a Swiss People's Party bill to penalise this attire, but the absence of such a provision at federal level would have been easily overturned by the courts. + Geneva burkini ban blocked after government rules proposal unlawful As a result of an amendment from the Centre Party, the initial text was transformed into a new bill on public swimming pools and baths. Carole-Anne Kast, head of the Department of Institutions and Digital Technology, had warned ...
