The Test for Proportionality – Content and Consistency of the Proportionality Judgment

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This article examines the proportionality test as a system of formalized verifications of the necessity and justification of the use of government violence in restricting human rights. The article sets out the four elements of the proportionality test. The author points out that these elements are also stages of the check carried out in the proportionality test. The elements of the proportionality test are discussed in detail by the author. The proportionality test is presented as a methodology and system of criteria for this protection and for the actual observance of the established democratic standards.