International human rights law – lessons in the era of Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12518269 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fiona McGaughey (0000-0001-5992-9939, Law School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, corresponding author), Mary Kenny (0000-0002-5352-7549, Murdoch University), Amy Maguire (0000-0002-3038-5517, Law School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia), Susan Harris Rimmer (Griffith University), Elise Stephenson (0000-0002-6455-9546, Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-210 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1323-238X • E-ISSN: 2573-573X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1323238x.2021.1995123 |
| OpenAlex | W3210135995 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the connections between law and public health into stark relief. The pandemic has demonstrated both the essential nature of global cooperation and international regulation to promote universal rights to life and health, and the potentially harmful impacts of limitations imposed on human rights in time of emergency. It has also tested the international human rights framework, which allows for permissible limitations on human rights where required, but which remains subject to widely varying domestic implementation. In this paper, we explore the relationship between international human rights law and the COVID-19 pandemic, including a focus on the rights of vulnerable individuals and communities who have experienced disproportionate impacts from both the pandemic itself and from measures that constrain the exercise of human rights. We propose that the inquiry and monitoring mechanisms of the UN human rights bodies provide important avenues for addressing the human rights implications of COVID-19 and Government responses to the pandemic. We also review Australia’s domestic implementation of international human rights law and its relevance in the era of COVID-19, noting the piecemeal approach to human rights protection under Australian law. We conclude that this time of emergency provides an opportunity for the progressive development of international human rights law, via principles of reciprocity, social protection, human rights preparedness and comprehensive normative protection for a right to public health
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International human rights law · International law · Law and economics · Political science · Reservation of rights · Right to property · Rights of Nature · Sociology · Global Security and Public Health · Human Rights and Development · Law · Medicine · Ombudsman and Human Rights
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |