ECHR: Court’s first judgment on compulsory childhood vaccination: no violation of the Convention

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There is no legal basis for a mandated vaccination programme in English law.

https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2020/11/05/compulsory-vaccination-the-next-step-for-covid-19/

ECHR rules obligatory vaccination may be necessary

The ruling is the first time that the European Court of Human Rights has weighed in on the issue of compulsory vaccinations. The decision could play a role in efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled on Thursday that compulsory vaccinations would not contravene human rights law — and may be necessary in democratic societies.

Although the ruling did not deal directly with COVID-19 vaccines, experts believe it could have implications for the vaccination drive against the virus, especially for those who have so far stated a refusal to accept the jab.

8th April 2021

https://www.dw.com/en/echr-rules-obligatory-vaccination-may-be-necessary/a-57128443

First, the UK courts, including the Supreme Court, are not bound by decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union made after 11pm on 31 December 2020. The UK courts, including the Supreme Court, may have regard to the Luxembourg Court's decisions if relevant, but they are not generally obliged to follow them.

The Supreme Court (and some other UK appellate courts) are also free to depart from decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union taken before 11pm on 31 December 2020. In deciding whether or not to depart from this retained EU case law, the courts will apply the same test that the Supreme Court applies when deciding whether to depart from its own case law. This means that the Supreme Court (and other relevant UK appellate courts) will depart from a previous decision of the Luxembourg Court where it appears right to do so.

Secondly, from 11pm on 31 December 2020, all UK courts, including the Supreme Court, are no longer able or required to refer certain questions of European Union law to the Court of Justice (through what is known as the "preliminary reference procedure"). There are some limited exceptions to this. For example, the UK courts, including the Supreme Court, continue to be able to refer questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union about the interpretation of the citizens' rights provisions in Part 2 of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement.

https://www.supremecourt.uk/about/the-supreme-court-and-europe.html

Dystopian Nightmare as European Court of Human Rights rules Mandatory Vaccination is Legal

By The Daily Expose on April 8, 2021

"The ruling has come in response to a complaint made to the court by families in the Czech Republic in regards to compulsory vaccination of children. The ECHR said “the measures could be regarded as being ‘necessary in a democratic society'”.

The courts ruling was not in relation to the experimental Covid-19 vaccines, however it has now set a dangerous precedent in which countries can now comfortably believe they are not breaking the convention on human rights if they are to make inoculation with the experimental jabs mandatory. "

This judgment “reinforces the possibility of a compulsory vaccination under conditions of the current COVID-19 epidemic,” according to Nicolas Hervieu, a legal expert specializing in the ECHR.

We know for a fact that the authorities do not want to vaccinate every man, woman and child for the good of their health as we can see from the data over the past twelve months that this alleged new disease kills only 0.2% of those it infects and the majority of deaths occur in those who are aged over 85 and have underlying health conditions."

Which leads to the question of why exactly do they want to vaccinate every man, woman and child?

https://dailyexpose.co.uk/2021/04/08/dystopian-nightmare-as-european-court-of-human-rights-rules-mandatory-vaccination-is-legal/

This is a decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), not the Court of Justice of the EU.

"The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court,[1] is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights. The court hears applications alleging that a contracting state has breached one or more of the human rights enumerated in the Convention or its optional protocols to which a member state is a party. The European Convention on Human Rights is also referred to by the initials "ECHR". The court is based in Strasbourg, France."

The Brexit deal locks the UK into continued Strasbourg Human Rights court membership

Frederick Cowell, January 17th, 2021

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2021/01/17/the-brexit-deal-locks-the-uk-into-continued-strasbourg-human-rights-court-membership/

So what potential penalties do we suspect could be applied to people refusing the jab?

Unable to get passports?
Financial penalties?
Unable to access education / work?
Custodial?

That's the question. No one really knows at present.

Here's a thought-provoking article from the Off Guardian. I particularly like this sentence:

"I can’t tell you how best to resist, but I can tell you it starts with seeing things clearly, and calling things, and people, exactly what they are."

The “Unvaccinated” Question
CJ Hopkins, Mar 29, 2021

https://off-guardian.org/2021/03/29/the-unvaccinated-question/

Louise Hooper of Garden Court Chambers explains that social media concerns that changes to the law mean that the Government has the power to force vaccines or other medication on you are wrong and unfounded.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-covid19-uk-legal-vaccinatio-idUSKBN22H20E

Is the vaccine passport a breach of human rights?

As the vaccine is not mandatory and people have the choice of receiving the jab, some questions have been raised in terms of whether a vaccine passport would restrict the rights of people who do not want to have the coronavirus vaccine.

https://www.hudsonmckenzie.com/vaccine-passports-human-rights-vs-public-interest/

Liberty responds to “vaccine passport” plans
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/liberty-responds-to-vaccine-passport-plans/

European human rights court: compulsory vaccinations are “necessary” and don’t violate human rights, no matter what’s in the vaccine

04/09/2021 / By Arsenio Toledo

On Thursday, April 8, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that governments can make vaccinations obligatory because they are “necessary” in a democracy. Experts stated that this ruling could have massive implications for Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination policies throughout Europe.

But Nicolas Hervieu, a legal expert specializing in European human rights concerns, still believes that the ruling has implications for the coronavirus. He said it “reinforces the possibility of compulsory vaccination” for COVID-19. Hervieu teaches at the Sciences Po, an educational institution in Paris that specializes in teaching political sciences.

Hervieu added that the ECHR’s ruling endorses “the principle of social solidarity which can justify imposing vaccinations on everyone, even those who feel less threatened by the disease, when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable people.

Other legal experts like Hervieu have called the ECHR’s decision a death blow to the vaccine skeptic movements in Europe who opposed mandatory vaccinations.

Governments all over the EU have now been provided a legal precedent to make vaccinations against COVID-19 compulsory. But this does not mean every single nation in the bloc will make vaccinations mandatory.

https://vaccinedeaths.com/2021-04-09-europe-court-compulsory-vaccinations-legal-mandatory-coronavirus.html