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The Functioning of Courts in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Primer

This report seeks to provide guidance to address challenges for the functioning of courts during pandemic related states of emergency, curfews and lockdowns.

The functioning of courts in the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has created considerable challenges for the functioning of courts during states of emergency, curfews and lockdowns. Yet, courts have a vital function during and after the pandemic, in particular to ensure judicial scrutiny of emergency legislation and to provide an effective remedy against excessive emergency measures in individual cases. This report, in the form of a primer, seeks to provide guidance while recognizing that, in light of the complexities of the issues and the "experimental” nature of measures taken during this emergency, their impact cannot yet be fully assessed.

Date:: 2 November 2020
Source:: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher:: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Our work:: Rule of law

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COVID-19 pandemic: ODIHR activities and publications

As the COVID-19 health emergency spreads across the OSCE region, ODIHR is closely following the challenges it brings for democracy and human rights.

27 March 2020

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