Positive obligations to protect life and health according to the ECHR The limits of the positive obligations and the balancing of rights, focusing on the rights of children during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Abstract

This thesis provides an analysis of the limits of the positive obligations to protect life and health according to the ECHR. Measures imposed by States during the Covid-19 pandemic is presented, and used when analyzing the balancing of rights that was done, or should have been done, before and during the pandemic, with a focus on the rights of children, especially the right to respect of private life and education. Issues concerning domestic violence and mental health is also part of the analysis.