COVID-19 passes and public health law: Considerations for surveillance and social justice

Abstract

The first panellist will focus on the jurists view on the legislative proposal on DCC, discuss proportionality of measure, incl. key considerations for DCC and PLF data combinations. A basic overview on the differences between vaccination, certificates, immunity passports and other passes, and the key characteristics of the DCC will be provided. Feasibility in terms of implementing acts across EU Member-States will be elaborated upon, incl. both potential expiry and revocation, as well as potential remedies in case of emerging issues, i.e., right to DCC, but no vaccine, strong contraindication against vaccination, known issues of reduced immunity despite vaccination, etc. Critical aspects with relevance for both the European and the global dimensions, i.e., GDPR and data transfer agreements, secondary use of health data, human-rights' issues, implications for vulnerable groups, etc., will also be discussed.

Accelerated Digitalization of the Epidemiological Measures: Overcoming the Technological and Process Complexities of Establishing the EU Digital COVID Certificate in Slovenia

“…As a result, a certain amount of published research has appeared, which is understandably limited both in terms of number and content due to the recent appearance of the DCC. Although the contents of the research often intertwine and touch on diverse but related issues, in our opinion they can generally be classified into three larger groups with common characteristics, namely epidemiological concerns, attitudes to vaccination, and health outcomes [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]; public health, healthcare and social policies and measures [ 12 , 13 , 14 ], and legal aspects, democratic values, and human rights [ 15 , 16 , 17 ]. Even if some articles touch on individual digital tools for managing the COVID-19 pandemic, the content of the research mostly refers to applications for contact tracing, international comparisons of the DCC projects and implementation approaches, and analysis of security or privacy of the end-user’s personal data [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ].…”