The restrictions of the freedom of information during the Covid-19 pandemic

Palabras clave: libertad de información, libertad de expresión, COVID-19, Restricciones, Derechos Humanos

Resumen

El artículo está dedicado al estudio de los problemas de las restricciones a la libertad de información que han surgido bajo el impacto del brote del nuevo coronavirus. Otro objetivo del documento es identificar formas de proteger tales derechos o indicar qué enmiendas a la ley podrían ser útiles. La metodología de investigación se basa en métodos científicos generales y especiales, en particular: analítico, comparativo-legal, sistémico y estructural. La estructura del trabajo incluye: la revisión de la legislación internacional y ucraniana relacionada con la libertad de información; las posibilidades de su restricción; posibles formas de permitir una gestión segura de la libertad de información durante la coronacrisis. Se realizó un análisis de la experiencia internacional, así como aspectos de la protección de las libertades civiles como la libertad de expresión, el derecho de reunión pacífica, etc. Se identificaron varios temas problemáticos. Todo permite concluir que, sin embargo, los resultados generales del estudio pueden interpretarse como tendencias alarmantes en el campo de los derechos humanos y las libertades civiles. En particular, se trata de múltiples violaciones de la libertad de información en todo el mundo bajo restricciones de cuarentena.

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Biografía del autor/a

Oksana Kalitenko, National University “Odesa Law Academy”

Ph. D., Associate Professor of Civil law Department of National University “Odesa Law Academy”, Odesa, Ukraine.

Galyna Anikina, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law

Ph.D., Associate Professor of department of civillaw and process Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine,

Ekaterina Spasova, National University “Odesa Law Academy”

Ph.D. candidate, Assistant of Civil law Department of  National University “Odesa Law Academy”, Odesa, Ukraine.

Oleksandra Shahaka, National University “Odesa Law Academy”

Ph.D. candidate, Civil Law Department of  National University “Odesa Law Academy”, Odesa, Ukraine.

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2021-10-05
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Kalitenko, O., Anikina, G., Spasova, E., & Shahaka, O. (2021). The restrictions of the freedom of information during the Covid-19 pandemic. Cuestiones Políticas, 39(70), 426-445. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3970.26
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