The Commission for Protection against Discrimination recommends that the Minister of Health “review and refine his order” for the COVID certificate for access to a number of public spaces and workplaces.
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The Commission’s opinion states that disproportionate and unequal treatment of all persons, regardless of health, immunization or any other status, by introducing the requirement for a “green certificate” should comply with the principle of proportionality, the measures being timely, socially necessary and socially justified.
“There is no doubt about the need to take adequate measures in the presence of a threat to the life and health of citizens, and these measures should be proportionate to the aim pursued. The principle of proportionality and the accompanying measures must be applied to the individual groups of persons enjoying specific, group-specific needs (eg: contraindications for vaccination, established illness by another method adopted by the order, presence of antibodies without registered illness of the person, the person in the process of vaccination, etc.) “, the statement reads.
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“The CPD emphasizes that in order to avoid discrimination against those who have not been vaccinated and for the reasons stated above, the state, represented by the competent authorities, should ensure universal, accessible, timely and sparing measures that do not cause much burden. for citizens, both financially or socially, and of a temporal or other nature, other than the usual limitations that citizens endure in their daily lives in the circumstances created. ‘
“The absence of a certificate of illness or possession of a vaccination certificate stating a vaccine against COVID-19 should not be a precondition for restricting more than necessary access to services, freedom of movement, the exercise of the right to work and other rights, protected by law “, the Commission notes, referring to the European regulation on digital certification.
See the full opinion of the CPD here:
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