Europeans' Right to Protest Under Threat - Carnegie Europe - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The year 2020 tested democracy and civic freedoms in many ways. After the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic in March, governments took unprecedented actions, such as imposing curfews, restricting people’s movements, and limiting or banning gatherings. According to international law, some of these measures went beyond the permissible bounds for limiting rights during public health emergencies, bounds meant to ensure that such measures are kept “proportionate, necessary, and nondiscriminatory.” In its latest report, the CIVICUS Monitor—an online tool...
Source: carnegieeurope.eu