“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has received hundreds of requests concerning the management of the pandemic”, announced its president, Icelandic judge Robert Spano, during the presentation of the ECHR’s 2020 annual report on Thursday 28 November.
“Approximately 300 of these requests (often related to arrests for breach of lockdown) resulted in interim measures. The others, such as bans on demonstrations, will be dealt with as a matter of priority in the coming months, as...