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  • Stijn Smet

First violations in a COVID-19 case: Communauté genevoise d’action syndicale (CGAS) v. Switzerland

May 09, 2022

by Stijn Smet Communauté genevoise d’action syndicale (CGAS) v. Switzerland is the first COVID-19 case (that I am aware of) in which the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In CGAS, the Court rules that an absolute ban on public manifestations, which remained […]