Spain Spanish Supreme Court and Covid-19 restrictions of fundamental rights: a second (and bittersweet) chapter It is not exaggerated to say that, following the lifting of the state of alarm on 9 May 2021, the most topical legal issue in Spain is that of the
Spain Spanish Supreme Court clarifies legal framework of restrictive measures adopted under public health legislation Last week, on 24 May 2021, the Spanish Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo) issued a judgment (in Cassation Appeal Number 3375/2021) clarifying for the first time the critical issue of
Blog Symposium on Mandatory Vaccination Spain: Compulsory vaccination possibly constitutional, probably not this way As mentioned in the Editorial (Part I) of this Blog Symposium, the Parliament of the Autonomous Community (AC) of Galicia, Spain, has recently passed Law 8/2021 amending the regional
Blog Symposium on Mandatory Vaccination Editorial (part II): conditional policies and vaccine passports Is the 'voluntary' use of vaccine certification a softer answer to mandatory vaccination? Given the legal and ethical concerns around mandatory vaccination, there has been much interest in what looks
Blog Symposium on Mandatory Vaccination Editorial (part I): mandatory vaccination and the law Widespread vaccination aims to achieve herd immunity for a population, a situation where up to 95% (for some diseases) of the population attains immunity. It seeks to eradicate the disease
