The Covid Pandemic in Hungary: Lessons from a Human Rights Perspective - chapter by Judit Sándor

November 4, 2024
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We’re pleased to announce the open-access release of Ethical Issues of the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in East-Central Europe and Beyond, edited by Assya Pascalev and Gergely Tari.

Judit Sándor contributes an insightful chapter on Hungary's pandemic response from a human rights perspective, highlighting the impact of public health measures on individual freedoms.

Access her work and the full volume here.

Legal epidemiology and the future of policy evaluation research

September 23, 2024
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We are glad to share the next lecture in our LEVIATHAN Lecture Series, organized by the Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine at Central European University Vienna/Budapest.

"Legal epidemiology and the future of policy evaluation research"

Date: October 7, 2024 (Monday)
Time: 2 pm CET
Venue: Quantum Room, CEU Budapest, 1051 Nádor utca 15.

CASE OF DÁNIEL KARSAI v. HUNGARY (Application no. 32312/23)

June 13, 2024
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Today the First Section of the European Court of Human Rights held by 6 votes to 1, that there had been no violation of Article 8 of the Convention taken alone and also by 6 votes to 1, that there had been no violation of Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8 of the Convention. Only Judge Felici delivered his dissent opinion by citing Dworkin.

Welcome Judit Zeller, a visiting researcher, to our team!

June 13, 2024
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We are happy to welcome Judit Zeller, a visiting researcher, to our team! Judit will be with us for the summer, bringing her expertise in human rights and bioethics in the legal context to our ongoing projects.

Let's give her a warm welcome. We're looking forward to the insights and collaboration she'll bring to our work.

Welcome aboard, Judit!

CELAB ANNUAL REPORT 2022-2023 is out!

June 5, 2024
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The year of 2023 was overshadowed by wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East, in Israel and Gaza. In addition, while the Covid-19 pandemic has still not disappeared, outbreaks of serious diseases were much less frequent and strict measures were no longer applied.