Personal security and freedom of movement of citizens: challenges in the context of the global pandemic in 2020

Abstract

This article analyzes the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which hit the world in early 2020, on the fundamental right to freedom of movement in the EU and Ukraine. The issues of personal security of the population and ensuring their rights in the conditions of restrictions imposed by countries in these conditions are considered in detail. The authors examine whether the conditions of quarantine are not a restriction of the right to freedom of movement or even a deprivation of liberty. The purpose of this article is to clarify international standards of the right to freedom of movement, permissible restrictions on the right to freedom of movement in order to ensure personal and public safety in a pandemic COVID-19. The article has to become an interesting contribution to the debate about the restrictions imposed on the right to freedom of movement in the COVID-19 crisis. The review also aims to point out the white spaces or opportunities for further research on involvement of personal safety of citizens.