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<p>Political rights are an essential part of modern states’ constitutions as certain means through which power is exercised in the state. The article points to the existence and exercise of political rights in the Slovak Republic at the time of extraordinary circumstances related to the global COVID-19 pandemic. It analyses the options of their restriction within the sense of the Constitutional Law no. 227/2002 Statutes on State Security in Time of War, State of War, Extraordinary Circumstances and State of Emergency, and it also points to the decision-making activities of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic related thereto.</p>
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Political rights are an essential part of modern states’ constitutions as certain means through which power is exercised in the state. The article points to the existence and exercise of political rights in the Slovak Republic at the time of extraordinary circumstances related to the global COVID-19 pandemic. It analyses the options of their restriction within the sense of the Constitutional Law no. 227/2002 Statutes on State Security in Time of War, State of War, Extraordinary Circumstances and State of Emergency, and it also points to the decision-making activities of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic related thereto.

Political Rights during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Slovak Republic

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

Białostockie Studia Prawnicze

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Political rights are an essential part of modern states’ constitutions as certain means through which power is exercised in the state. The article points to...

Political Rights during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Slovak Republic

Publicado en línea: 09 jul 2022

Páginas: 91 - 109

Recibido: 17 ene 2022

Aceptado: 12 abr 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2022.27.02.05

Palabras clave
Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, COVID-19 pandemic, electoral law, political rights, state of emergency

© 2022 Alena Krunková et al., published by Sciendo

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

Political Rights during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Slovak Republic

Publicado en línea: 09 jul 2022

Páginas: 91 - 109

Recibido: 17 ene 2022

Aceptado: 12 abr 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2022.27.02.05

Palabras claveConstitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, COVID-19 pandemic, electoral law, political rights, state of emergency

© 2022 Alena Krunková et al., published by Sciendo

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

Palabras clave
Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, COVID-19 pandemic, electoral law, political rights, state of emergency