The Whos, the Whats, and the Whys of the Derogations from the ECHR amid COVID-19

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Patricia Zghibarta is a senior staff attorney at the Open Justice Project in Moldova. Prior to working in the rule of law area in Eastern Europe, she spent two months in barrister`s chambers of the Inner Temple as a Pegasus Scholar. Patricia completed an LL.M at the University of Cambridge, where she was a Chevening and Cambridge Trust Scholar.

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The Whos, the Whats, and the Whys of the Derogations from the ECHR amid COVID-19

April 11, 2020

Patricia Zghibarta

Issues concerning the derogation form the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’ or the ‘Convention’) amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including the question whether the notification is a pre-requisite for making a valid derogation, have been examined in other EJIL:Talk! posts here, here, and here. This post attempts to provide a more detailed account of the…