COVID-19 and human rights /

"This timely collection brings together original explorations of the COVID-19 pandemic and its wide-ranging, global effects on human rights. The contributors argue that a human rights perspective is necessary to understand the pervasive consequences of the crisis, while focusing attention on th...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Kjaerum, Morten (Editor), Davis, Martha F., 1957- (Editor), Lyons, Amanda (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:	Routledge studies in human rights.
Subjects:	COVID-19 (Disease) > Law and legislation. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Social aspects. COVID-19 (Disease) > Political aspects. Human rights. Human security. Human Rights Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- > Aspect social. COVID-19 > Aspect politique. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Sécurité humaine. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy COVID-19 (Disease) > Political aspects COVID-19 (Disease) > Law and legislation Human rights Human security Social aspects Since 2020 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

'Human rights against human arbitrariness' : pandemics in a human rights historical perspective / Steven L. B. Jensen
Human-rights-based versus populist responses to the pandemic / Martin Scheinin and Helga Molbæk-Steensig
Human rights and health in times of pandemics : necessity and proportionality / Katharina Ó Cathaoir
COVID-19 risk communication : the right to information and participation / Tove H. Malloy
The human (rights) costs of inequality : snapshots from a pandemic / Martha F. Davis
Racial justice to the forefront : do Black lives matter in international law? / Elina Castillo Jiménez
COVID-19 and violence against women : unprecedented impacts and suggestions for mitigation / Zarizana Abdul Aziz and Janine Moussa
COVID-19 and disability : a war of two paradigms / Gerard Quinn
Life and death in prisons / Hope Metcalf
Seizing opportunities to promote the protection of the rights of all migrants / Ian M. Kysel
A paradigm shift for the Sustainable Development Goals? : human rights and the private sector in the new social contract / Amanda Lyons
The human right to food : lessons learned towards food systems transformation / Ana María Suárez Franco
COVID-19 and the human rights to water and sanitation / Pedi Obani
Land rights in crisis / Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu
How the pandemic has impacted the various layers of the global garment supply chain / Sanchita Banejee Saxena, Harpreet Kaur and Salil Tripathi
Campaigning for both innovation and equitable access to COVID-19 medicines / Brook Baker
Is COVID-19 frustrating or facilitating sustainability transformations? : an assessment from a human rights law perspective / Claudia Ituarte-Lima
The post-crisis human rights agenda / Morten Kjaerum