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Dealing with the (legal) risks of decision-making in times of crisis
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EUIdeas; Blogpost; 2020; [LAW]
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DUROY, Sophie, Dealing with the (legal) risks of decision-making in times of crisis, EUIdeas, Blogpost, 2020, [LAW] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/67361
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Last month, the French Senate adopted an opportunistic provision shielding all public and private deciders from criminal pursuits related to the COVID-19 crisis, with both retroactive and pre-emptive effects. Indeed, the period covered lasted for the whole duration of the public health state of emergency, from 23 March to 10 July 2020. The provision, inserted in Article 1 of the law extending the duration of the state of public health emergency, effectively exonerated everyone from being charged for acts or omissions that have exposed or contributed to the exposure of individuals to contamination by COVID-19. Ultimately, this provision was replaced in the last stage of parliamentary discussions by another, benign, one.
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Published on 12 June 2020