LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTIONS AGAINST MANDATORY CHILDHOOD VACCINATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2018H/11/S02.031" target="_blank" >10.5593/sgemsocial2018H/11/S02.031</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTIONS AGAINST MANDATORY CHILDHOOD VACCINATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Original language description
This paper analyses legal consequences of applying conscientious objections to childhood mandatory vaccinations in the Czech Republic. There is no common European approach towards childhood vaccination and legal exemptions from statutory duty imposed by part of the states. The European Court of Human Rights considers vaccination campaigns which oblige individual to defer to general interest and not to endanger health of others where his own life is not in danger, not going beyond the margin of appreciation left to the state by Art. 8 (2) of the European Convention on Human Rights. Still, the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic found in its recent case law conscientious objections to be under certain circumstances a good reason for refraining from punishing parents waiving compulsory vaccination of their children for committing administrative delict. This paper focuses not only on the test the Constitutional Court chose to apply to distinguish between cases of sincere objections and mere free-riders, but also on broader reasons of liberal state tradition that led the Constitutional Court to allow for such exemptions. In addition, nature of statutory condition of due vaccination for accepting a child for preschool education is analyzed. The paper argues that it is not a sanction and finds a parallel with exemptions from compulsory military service conditioned by serving an alternative service contributing to public good.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018
ISBN
978-619-7408-30-0
ISSN
2367-5659
e-ISSN
neuvedeno
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
237-244
Publisher name
STEF92 Technology Ltd.
Place of publication
Sofie
Event location
Vídeň
Event date
Mar 19, 2018
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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