nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210412-221156-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210412s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210412-221156-0 doi eng 342 23 Vikarská, Zuzana Author aut Is Compulsory Vaccination Compulsory? Vikarská, Zuzana Verfassungsblog 2021-04-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On Thursday 8 April 2021, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in Vavřička and others v. the Czech Republic. The Grand Chamber ruled strongly (16:1) in favour of the Czech government, granting the state a wide margin of appreciation in the assessment of the need for compulsory vaccination of children. In light of the COVID-related challenges, it is important that the Court took a clear stance regarding the importance of vaccination. At the same time, however, it is regrettable that the Court did not offer a stronger and more coherent reasoning justifying its value-driven decision. CC BY-SA 4.0 Art. 8 ECHR European Court of Human Rights vaccination Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/is-compulsory-vaccination-compulsory/ raw object