Romania: derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights – freedom of expression during public emergency
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https://doi.org/10.12775/TSP-W.2020.003Keywords
derogation from ECHR, public emergency, freedom of expression, restrictions on fundamental rightsAbstract
A pandemic can provide a textbook example for the restrictions of fundamental rights and freedoms. Romania has decided to derogate from the application of the European Convention on Human Rights during the state of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The questions discussed in this paper are whether the derogation of Romania fulfils the criteria established by the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. If the answer is affirmative: does it have any effect on the inherent limitations on the freedom of expression as stated in art. 10 of ECHR?
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