Download This PaperBulgaria: COVID-19 as an Excuse to Solidify Autocracy?
Verfassungsblog, 2020
4 Pages Posted: 22 Apr 2020
Date Written: April 10, 2020
Abstract
Could the COVID-19 crisis be used as an excuse to solidify autocracy? EU Member States in which the rule of law is undermined such as Bulgaria seem to illustrate that autocrats use the state of emergency as a smokescreen for their own agendas aimed at weakening democracy and the protection of human rights.
Keywords: COVID-19, state of emergency, democracy, human rights, European Court of Human Rights, autocracy, Bulgarian law, derogations from the European Convention on Human Rights
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Vassileva, Radosveta, Bulgaria: COVID-19 as an Excuse to Solidify Autocracy? (April 10, 2020). Verfassungsblog, 2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3580669
