To vax or not to vax? Covid-19 vaccination mandates in light of Vavřička and others v. The Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15220%2F22%3A73617723" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15220/22:73617723 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://revistas.ces.edu.co/index.php/derecho/article/view/6694" target="_blank" >https://revistas.ces.edu.co/index.php/derecho/article/view/6694</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21615/cesder.6694" target="_blank" >10.21615/cesder.6694</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

To vax or not to vax? Covid-19 vaccination mandates in light of Vavřička and others v. The Czech Republic

Original language description

This case report discusses the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in Vavřička and Others v. the Czech Republic, which remains the only case concerning compulsory vaccination to date. This is particularly important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, in which many European States restricted unvaccinated individual’s freedoms in a post-lockdown setting. After outlining the relevant facts and arguments brought by both the applicants and the Government, it comments on the Court’s assessment under Article 8 ECHR by evaluating inter alia the notion of interference and conflicting interests of parents versus children. First and foremost, however, it sheds light on how the case fits into the wider discussion on COVID-19, particularly what standards it puts in place and what implications it bears on future applications concerning COVID-19 vaccination rules. Namely, it illustrates how the threshold of necessity may be established in relation to Article 8 interferences.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Revista CES Derecho

ISSN

2145-7719

e-ISSN

2145-7719

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CO - COLOMBIA

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

205-214

UT code for WoS article

000877374700011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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