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Pandemia în mediul carceral
The Pandemic in the Prison Environment

Author(s): Crina-Bianca Vereș
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Sociology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Universul Juridic
Keywords: pandemic; penitentiary; ECHR; overcrowding; health;
Summary/Abstract: International human rights law guarantees everyone the right to the highest achievable and mandatory standard of health and obliges the governments to take measures to prevent threats to public health and to provide medical care to those who need it. In the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, regarding the problem of overcrowding and poor hygiene conditions in prisons, an analysis is required that brings to the forefront possible compliance with generally binding rules imposed internationally. the study proposes to highlight the impact of the pandemic in the prison environment

  • Page Range: 306-309
  • Page Count: 4
  • Publication Year: 2021
  • Language: Romanian