Covid-19 and Human Rights

ISBN-13: 9780367688035 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 348 str.

Morten Kjaerum; Martha F. Davis; Amanda Lyons

Opis

This timely collection brings together original explorations of the COVID-19 pandemic and its wide-ranging, global effects on human rights.

Spis treści

Part 1: Human Rights During Health Crises  1. Human Rights against Human Arbitrariness: Pandemics in a human rights historical perspective  2. Human-rights-based versus Populist Responses to the Pandemic  3. Human Rights and Health in Times of Pandemics: Necessity and proportionality  4. COVID-19 Risk Communication: The right to information and participation  Part 2: Vulnerability and Inequality  5. The Human (Rights) Costs of Inequality: Snapshots from a pandemic  6. Racial Justice to the Forefront: Do Black Lives Matter in international law?  7. COVID-19 and Violence against Women: Unprecedented impacts and suggestions for mitigation  8. COVID-19 and Disability: A war of two paradigms  9. Life and Death in Prisons  10. Seizing Opportunities to Promote the Protection of the Rights of all Migrants  Part 3: Cornerstones for Social Cohesion  11. A Paradigm Shift for the Sustainable Development Goals? Human rights and the private sector in the new social contract  12. The Human Right to Food: Lessons learned towards food systems transformation  13. COVID-19 and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation  14. Land Rights in Crisis  15. How the Pandemic has Impacted the Various Layers of the Global Garment Supply Chain  16. Campaigning for Both Innovation and Equitable Access to COVID-19 Medicines  17. Is COVID-19 Frustrating or Facilitating Sustainability Transformations? An assessment from a human rights law perspective  Conclusion  18. The Post-crisis Human Rights Agenda