Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst for the virtualization of parliamentary activity

Occupation: Chief Research Fellow, Department of the Human Rights
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Moscow, Russia

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 5

Pages

124-131

Abstract

In recent years, representative bodies have taken some measures to adopt IT solutions, but the virtualization of parliamentary activities was not considered a priority. It was the COVID-19 pandemic that contributed to the incorporation of remote and hybrid modes of operation in parliamentary practice. The article examines what measures had to be taken to adapt the parliamentary infrastructure and procedure and what are the prospects for the use of these modes in parliamentary activities.

Keywords

parliament, parliamentary procedures, remote and mixed regimes, COVID-19 pandemic.

Received

20.01.2022

Publication date

18.05.2022

Number of characters

30523

Cite

GOST	Vasilieva T. Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst for the virtualization of parliamentary activity // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2022. – Issue 5 C. 124-131 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520019767-4-1 (circulation date: 05.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520019767-4
MLA	Vasilieva, Tatiana A "Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst for the virtualization of parliamentary activity." Gosudarstvo i pravo 5 (2022):124-131. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520019767-4
APA	Vasilieva T. (2022). Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst for the virtualization of parliamentary activity. Gosudarstvo i pravo (5), pp.124-131 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520019767-4

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