Vaccination for children has been a controversial topic for decades and lately it has regained particular importance. We have seen an increase in vaccine hesitancy and decrease in vaccine confidence throughout Europe, particularly due to vaccine-safety concerns by parents. Consequently, vaccination rates for children have dropped and this in turn has led to an increased spread of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, such as measles. As a reaction to this phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy, several European countries have introduced, while others are in the process of introducing, laws making vaccinations compulsory for children for a number of vaccine-preventable childhood diseases. The introduction of such laws affects and gives rise to several competing interests of the parents, the child and the State. Against this background, this article seeks to determine how the European Court of Human Rights should balance the competing human rights that are at stake in cases concerning compulsory vaccinations for children.

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儿童强制接种疫苗：平衡相互竞争的人权

几十年来，儿童接种疫苗一直是一个有争议的话题，最近它重新变得尤为重要。我们看到整个欧洲的疫苗犹豫增加和疫苗信心下降，特别是由于父母对疫苗安全的担忧。因此，儿童的疫苗接种率下降，这反过来又导致麻疹等疫苗可预防传染病的传播增加。作为对这种疫苗犹豫现象的反应，一些欧洲国家已经出台了法律，而其他国家正在出台法律，强制要求儿童接种疫苗以预防一些可通过疫苗预防的儿童疾病。此类法律的实施影响并引起父母、儿童和国家的若干相互竞争的利益。在此背景下，