Religious freedom in pandemic times in europe: a perspective after one year

Gónzalez-Varas Ibáñez, Alejandro (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Coronavirus began to spread across the world a year ago, peaking in most EU countries (as well as the United Kingdom) in April or early May 2020. While the amount of COVID transmissions was quite lower in summer than in spring, from this moment on, its intensity has been variable. Legal continence measures have also changed at the rate of the virus. We can see the results of transmissions and deaths as a whole in some national and EU documents, such as the Updated projections of COVID-19 in the EU and the UK, delivered monthly by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. In this changing framework, the European Union has tried to foster different measures in almost the whole of the legal and social grounds, such as economic measures, supporting research treatment, diagnostics and vaccines, public health, borders and mobility, and fighting disinformation. It supplies updated information on the web about the Overview of the Commission’s response. Nevertheless, the capacity of the states to act is still very broad. This work aims to describe the legal measures that European states have approved, with special attention to how these measures have affected the rule of law and fundamental rights. The next step consists of an in-depth analysis of how these measures have affected religious freedom a year since their inception and the worth offered by religious denominations, including their main contributions in this field.

Idioma: Inglés

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion Mayo (2021), [1 pp.]
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Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Dcho.Eclesiástico Estado (Dpto. Derecho Público)