Hristozova Mariya V, Semerdjieva Maria A, Mavrov Momchil S, Bakova Desislava R
Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Folia Med (Plovdiv). 2023 Feb 28;65(1):111-115. doi: 10.3897/folmed.65.e76037.
At this stage of the global health crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, an increasing number of countries are considering enacting legislation requiring compulsory vaccination or implementing a mechanism to ensure mass vaccination of the population. Such policy decisions raise a number of legal and deontological issues.
The aim of the study was to analyze the legal and deontological issues related to the introduction of compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 in the context of the principles of the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (Oviedo Convention).
The analysis looks at the international legal framework that governs the protection of human rights and freedoms, the principles and rules that apply to the achievements of biology and medicine, and, in particular, the Oviedo Convention.
Vaccines against COVID-19 are a modern scientific success in biology and medicine, particularly those of the latest genera-tion of vaccines presented by the scientific community as a consequence of revolutionary mRNA technology. It is for this reason that the provisions of the Oviedo Convention should serve as guidelines for countries to follow in their fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
Achieving mass vaccination of the population in accordance with the provisions of the Oviedo Convention and other rel-evant international standards for the protection of fundamental human rights, in conjunction with a large-scale information campaign, seems a sensible approach that would contribute to the rapid and peaceful resolution of the current global health crisis.
在由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引发的全球健康危机现阶段，越来越多的国家正在考虑颁布强制接种疫苗的立法，或实施确保民众大规模接种疫苗的机制。此类政策决定引发了一些法律和道义问题。
本研究的目的是在《人权与生物医学公约》（《奥维多公约》）原则背景下，分析与引入针对2019冠状病毒病的强制疫苗接种相关的法律和道义问题。
该分析审视了管辖人权和自由保护的国际法律框架、适用于生物学和医学成果的原则及规则，尤其是《奥维多公约》。
针对2019冠状病毒病的疫苗是生物学和医学领域现代科学的一项成就，特别是科学界因革命性的信使核糖核酸（mRNA）技术推出的最新一代疫苗。正因如此，《奥维多公约》的条款应成为各国抗击2019冠状病毒病大流行时遵循的指导方针。
依据《奥维多公约》条款及其他保护基本人权的相关国际标准实现民众大规模接种疫苗，并开展大规模宣传活动，似乎是一种明智的做法，将有助于迅速且和平地解决当前的全球健康危机。
