Publication details
Right to self-defence with a weapon in the Czech Republic: an unloaded gun?
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical (without peer review) |
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| Description | As of 1 October 2021, Article 6(4) of the Czech Charter of Fundamental Rights newly provides that “the right to defend one’s own life or the life of another person with a weapon is guaranteed under the conditions laid down by law.” This new wording, however, does not bring any change to the Czech legal order: it is not capable of preventing future legislative changes, nor can it strengthen the policy or legal position of the Czech Republic vis-a-vis the European Union. Metaphorically speaking, if the new constitutional provision were a gun, it would be an unloaded one. |
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