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wife or daughter. See CEDAW, consideration of the report of Algeria (A/54/38/Rev.1, p. 13,
para. 62).
247
See Samuel (note 14 above), pp. 45 ff., and Roland J. Campiche, “Religion, statut social et
identité féminine”, Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 1996, No. 95, p. 74.
248
On the subject, see Samuel (note 14 above), p. 24. See also report of the Special Rapporteur
on religious intolerance (E/CN.4/2000/65, paras. 156 ff.).
249
See Samuel, op. cit., p. 44.
250
See Ad van der Helm, “La femme dans l’Eglise catholique”, Revue de droit canonique,
No. 46, 1996, pp. 37 to 52. In 1998, Pope John Paul II put an end to debate on the issue by ruling
that the non-ordination of women was not a question of discipline but a “truth of faith”.
251
See Jean-Paul Willaime, “La responsabilité des femmes dans les Eglises protestantes”, Revue
de droit canonique, No. 46, 1996, pp. 75 to 86, and “L’accès des femmes au pastorat”, Archives
de sciences sociales des religions, 1996, No. 95, pp. 29 to 45. See also Martine Haag, “Statut des
femmes dans les organisations religieuses: l’exemple de l’accès au pouvoir clérical”, Archives de
sciences sociales des religions, 1996, No. 95, pp. 47 to 67.
252
This applied for some years to Pauline Bebe, France’s first female rabbi. See Bernard
Paperon, “La femme dans le judaïsme”, Revue de droit canonique, No. 46, 1996, pp. 99 to 104.
253
See the reservations of Israel to article 7 (b) of the Women’s Convention, ST/LEG/SER.E/17
(note 49 above), p. 182.
254
See the reservation of Malaysia to article 7 (b) of the Women’s Convention regarding
“appointments to certain public offices such as the Mufti, Sharia court judges and Imam, which
are in accordance with the provisions of Islamic Sharia law”.
255
See Nadine Weibel, “Femmes, pouvoir et islam”, Revue de droit canonique, No. 46, 1996,
pp. 105 to 114.
256
Tunisian Administrative Court ultra vires (first instance) appeal ruling No. 14232 of
10 March 1998, Ali Amamou vs. Ministry of Justice (unprecedented case).
257
See the example of Bangladesh, report of the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance
(A/55/280/Add.2, paras. 58 and 59).
258
In France, until the 1960s, men and women were apparently separated during church services.
See Mohand Khellil, “Les femmes et le partage du social”, CHEAM Symposium (note 14
above), p. 19.
259
See Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice (note 113 above), p. 10.
260
See Human Rights Committee, general comment 22, para. 9.