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<p>Slovenia is one of the European Union Member States which disproportionately restricted political rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the new government of Prime Minister Janez Janša came to power in March 2020, the anti-government and anti-lockdown protests have been taking place across the country. The pandemic-related restrictions have been introduced by government’s ordinances. They have greatly limited political rights of citizens, in particular the right to public assembly and association. Citizens’ dissatisfaction with the government’s policies and inadequate handling of the epidemic, resulting in undue restrictions on liberty and other fundamental rights, led to the filing of petitions to the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court, resolving the dispute between citizens and the government, ruled that government regulations implementing restrictions on fundamental rights, particularly the rights to public assembly and association, were unconstitutional in several cases.</p>
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Slovenia is one of the European Union Member States which disproportionately restricted political rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the new government of Prime Minister Janez Janša came to power in March 2020, the anti-government and anti-lockdown protests have been taking place across the country. The pandemic-related restrictions have been introduced by government’s ordinances. They have greatly limited political rights of citizens, in particular the right to public assembly and association. Citizens’ dissatisfaction with the government’s policies and inadequate handling of the epidemic, resulting in undue restrictions on liberty and other fundamental rights, led to the filing of petitions to the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court, resolving the dispute between citizens and the government, ruled that government regulations implementing restrictions on fundamental rights, particularly the rights to public assembly and association, were unconstitutional in several cases.

Restrictions of Freedom of Assembly and Association in Slovenia during COVID-19 Pandemic

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Slovenia is one of the European Union Member States which disproportionately restricted political rights during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the new government...

Restrictions of Freedom of Assembly and Association in Slovenia during COVID-19 Pandemic

Publicado en línea: 09 jul 2022

Páginas: 251 - 263

Recibido: 28 mar 2022

Aceptado: 30 may 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2022.27.02.15

Palabras clave
Constitutional Court, civil rights, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, political rights, Slovenia

© 2022 Elżbieta Kużelewska et al., published by Sciendo

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

Restrictions of Freedom of Assembly and Association in Slovenia during COVID-19 Pandemic

Publicado en línea: 09 jul 2022

Páginas: 251 - 263

Recibido: 28 mar 2022

Aceptado: 30 may 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/bsp.2022.27.02.15

Palabras claveConstitutional Court, civil rights, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, political rights, Slovenia

© 2022 Elżbieta Kużelewska et al., published by Sciendo

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

Palabras clave
Constitutional Court, civil rights, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, political rights, Slovenia