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The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many issues for courts, often requiring immediate consideration and swift delivery of reasons Nevertheless, experience has taught us that, in times of crisis, heightened vigilance must be afforded to the protection of individual rights Two judgments delivered at the peak of the pandemic illuminate the fragility of rights in the face of wider societal concerns Both cases contain statements of purported principle which are legally dubious and, if left unqualified, have the potential to fundamentally dilute the protections afforded by the European Convention on Human Rights © 2020 Thomson Reuters and Contributors
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