OGRANIČENjE LjUDSKIH PRAVA U VREME PANDEMIJE COVID-19 I USKLAĐIVANjE SA EVROPSKIM VREDNOSTIMA

Abstract

The situation in which the mankind found itself at the beginning of 2020 as a result of Covid-19 pandemic has and will have significant impact on human rights on the global level. Namely, the majority of countries worldwide have imposed various measures aimed at combating the pandemic and spreading of virus, like restrictions of free movement, border closures, travel bans within and outside the country, introduction of lockdown and curfew hours, closing of bars and restaurants or restricting of opening hours and the number of customers, etc. What is important to consider here is whether these measures have been imposed based on existing regulations and according to international standards, before all the European Convention on Human Rights and established European values. The pandemic which has spread to entire world and the measures that the countries have imposed aimed at its containment have challenged the compliance with human rights standards worldwide. Therefore it is necessary to conduct a detail analysis and point out to the possible violation of these rights and liberties, as well as to invest additional efforts in adjusting national legislation to European standards and international acts that regulate this matter in order to overcome the new challenges which the pandemic poses in our everyday life. Since January 2020 we have faced the problems related to the freedom of choice since freedom, in its general sense, assumes the freedom of choice for a human being to select an option of his own will and make sovereign decisions. Key words: