<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>According to art. 20 of the Emergency Ordinance no. 1/1999 of the Romanian Government, the state of emergency imposes “non-military measures of public order and it is instituted in case of special threats to the national security or to the functioning of the constitutional democracy, as well as in the case of different disasters”. The requirement to implement economic, social or political measures in the case of the state of emergency is directly dependent on the progressive nature of the danger. During the state of emergency, the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms may be restricted and important responsibilities of the public administration authorities are subordinated to the competence of the public order authorities, specified in the decree establishing the state of emergency. The spread of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, in the international context of the declaration of the pandemic by the World Health Organization, led to the adoption by the Decree of the President of Romania no. 195 of March 16, 2020 on the establishment of the state of emergency on the territory of Romania, which had important consequences in terms of restriction on the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms.</p></abstract>

According to art. 20 of the Emergency Ordinance no. 1/1999 of the Romanian Government, the state of emergency imposes “non-military measures of public order and it is instituted in case of special threats to the national security or to the functioning of the constitutional democracy, as well as in the case of different disasters”. The requirement to implement economic, social or political measures in the case of the state of emergency is directly dependent on the progressive nature of the danger. During the state of emergency, the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms may be restricted and important responsibilities of the public administration authorities are subordinated to the competence of the public order authorities, specified in the decree establishing the state of emergency. The spread of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, in the international context of the declaration of the pandemic by the World Health Organization, led to the adoption by the Decree of the President of Romania no. 195 of March 16, 2020 on the establishment of the state of emergency on the territory of Romania, which had important consequences in terms of restriction on the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms.

Juridical Aspects Regarding the Exceptional Measures Imposed during the State of Emergency

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According to art. 20 of the Emergency Ordinance no. 1/1999 of the Romanian Government, the state of emergency imposes “non-military measures of public order...

Juridical Aspects Regarding the Exceptional Measures Imposed during the State of Emergency

Published Online: Jul 20, 2020

Page range: 237 - 241

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2020-0083

Keywords
state of emergency, law, exceptional measures, human rights

© 2020 Alexandru Stoian, published by Sciendo

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Juridical Aspects Regarding the Exceptional Measures Imposed during the State of Emergency

Published Online: Jul 20, 2020

Page range: 237 - 241

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/kbo-2020-0083

Keywordsstate of emergency, law, exceptional measures, human rights

© 2020 Alexandru Stoian, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
state of emergency, law, exceptional measures, human rights