Bueno De Mesquita, Judith and Kapilashrami, Anuj and Mason, Benjamin Mason (2021) Strengthening Human Rights in Global Health Law: Lessons from the COVID-19 Response. The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 49 (2). pp. 328-331. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2021.47
Bueno De Mesquita, Judith and Kapilashrami, Anuj and Mason, Benjamin Mason (2021) Strengthening Human Rights in Global Health Law: Lessons from the COVID-19 Response. The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 49 (2). pp. 328-331. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2021.47
Bueno De Mesquita, Judith and Kapilashrami, Anuj and Mason, Benjamin Mason (2021) Strengthening Human Rights in Global Health Law: Lessons from the COVID-19 Response. The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 49 (2). pp. 328-331. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2021.47
Abstract
While human rights law has evolved to provide guidance to governments in realizing human rights in public health emergencies, the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the foundations of human rights in global health governance. Public health responses to the pandemic have undermined international human rights obligations to realize (1) the rights to health and life, (2) human rights that underlie public health, and (3) international assistance and cooperation. As governments prepare for revisions of global health law, new opportunities are presented to harmonize global health law and human rights law, strengthening rights-based governance to respond to future threats.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | United Nations |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Human Rights; Global Health; COVID-19; World Health Organization |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Essex Law School Faculty of Science and Health > Health and Social Care, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2021 08:21 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 17:19 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/30204 |
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