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https://doi.org/10.21464/fi42102

Bioethical and Legal Aspects of Mandatory Vaccination in the Practice of the European Court of Human Rights

Aleksandar Todorović orcid.org/0000-0003-2501-6351 ; Advokatska komora Vojvodine, Zmaj Jovina 20/1, RS–21000 Novi Sad
Tanja Todorović orcid.org/0000-0002-2481-7352 ; Univerzitet u Novom Sadu, Filozofski fakultet, Dr. Zorana Đinđića 2, RS–21000 Novi Sad

Abstract

In this paper, the authors first emphasise the connection that exists between bioethics and law. However, special attention is given to the link between bioethics and human rights, which share the idea of protecting similar values, especially the protection of life and human dignity. Identifying the interdependence and interrelation of these concepts is a prerequisite for further exploration of how and in what context the European Court of Human Rights decides on bioethical issues it encounters when ruling on classical human rights guaranteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Once the important features that determine the relationship between bioethics and human rights are identified, these features will be practically examined through the group of cases in which the Court has addressed the issue of mandatory vaccination, which has been in the public spotlight in recent years.

Keywords

bioethics; mandatory vaccination; right to privacy and family life; European Court of Human Right

Hrčak ID:

281079

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/281079

Publication date:

17.7.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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