Abstract:
Висвітлено окремі аспекти обмежень, що були накладені державами на громадян в умовах
пандемії COVID-19, на основі аналізу положень міжнародно-правових актів, та практики
Європейського суду з прав людини.
Автори акцентують увагу на тому, що перед Європейським судом з прав людини вже
сьогодні постала необхідність прийняття рішень по справам щодо порушення прав людини під час
медичного втручання в умовах пандемії.
У статті зазначено, що пандемія є тією надзвичайною ситуацією, коли можливі відступи
від прав людини. При цьому, як зазначають автори, ЄСПЛ вважає необхідними процедурні
обмеження відповідних способів медичного втручання, наголошуючи на загальнообов‟язковому
забезпеченні дотримання прав людини, гарантованих Конвенцією.
Description:
The
article highlights certain aspects of restrictions imposed by states on citizens in the context of the
COVID-19 pandemic, based on an analysis of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Syracuse Principles for Interpretation of
Limitations and Derogations political rights, the Convention on Human and Civil Rights. In addition, the
author focuses on the analysis and evaluation of the established and current case law of the European
Court of Human Rights on medical intervention, as well as the practice of obligations imposed on citizens
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The authors emphasize that the European Court of Human Rights has already faced the need to
make decisions on cases of human rights violations during medical intervention in a pandemic. In this
regard, it is urgent to answer a number of questions, including: were these restrictions necessary in the
current situation? Are the individual measures taken proportionate to the situation? Does the adopted
emergency legislation comply with the provisions of the Convention?
The authors believe that the study of these issues will form a quality health policy, balancing
between private and public interests in Ukrainian society.
The article states that a pandemic is an emergency situation where deviations from human rights
are possible. However, according to the author, the European Court of Human Rights considers it
necessary to limit procedural restrictions on the relevant methods of medical intervention, emphasizing
the mandatory protection of human rights guaranteed by the Convention. Therefore, the rights of the
individual cannot be considered in isolation, recognizing the priority of the rights of the individual does
not mean ignoring the interests of others, indulging in the abuse of rights. And since the scale and severity
of the COVID-19 pandemic pose a threat to public health, the restriction of rights and freedoms is
justified under current European Court of Human Rights practice.
