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Human rights and #COVID19 ; a thread on blog posts and other resources for instant teaching - shared with my masters students for the international human rights law module at @LSEHumanRights
2/n Explainer: two early pieces on coronavirus in China from HRW 30 Jan https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/01/30/china-respect-rights-coronavirus-response ; and
Amnesty International 5 Feb https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/02/explainer-seven-ways-the-coronavirus-affects-human-rights/
Amnesty International 5 Feb https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/02/explainer-seven-ways-the-coronavirus-affects-human-rights/
Two pieces on health and human rights Morgan Shimwell 2 March https://theconversation.com/compulsory-isolation-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus-a-clash-of-human-rights-and-public-health-132524 ; and
Alicia Ely Yamin and Roojin Habibim 1 March https://www.hhrjournal.org/2020/03/human-rights-and-coronavirus-whats-at-stake-for-truth-trust-and-democracy/
Alicia Ely Yamin and Roojin Habibim 1 March https://www.hhrjournal.org/2020/03/human-rights-and-coronavirus-whats-at-stake-for-truth-trust-and-democracy/
4/n (yes rubbish numbering) Jelena Dzankic & @piccolimeister @_GlobalCIT 13 Mar on "the relationship between citizenship as a guarantee of the state’s responsibility for the well-being of its citizens... and human rights and practices of solidarity" http://globalcit.eu/coronavirus-citizenship-infected/
5/n Dangers for immigration detainees and migrant workers @MigrantRights
https://www.migrant-rights.org/2020/03/covid-19-gcc-states-must-take-careful-steps-to-protect-migrant-workers/
and @BIDdetention 15 March https://www.biduk.org/posts/621-bid-joins-10-organisations-calling-for-release-of-immigration-detainees-due-to-coronavirus-threat
https://www.migrant-rights.org/2020/03/covid-19-gcc-states-must-take-careful-steps-to-protect-migrant-workers/
and @BIDdetention 15 March https://www.biduk.org/posts/621-bid-joins-10-organisations-calling-for-release-of-immigration-detainees-due-to-coronavirus-threat
6/n @jonathancoopr @DoughtyStIntl on the utilitarian nature of UK govt response 16 March 2020 https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/will-johnsons-coronavirus-response-be-overthrown-eu-courts/
7/n Niall Coghlan @ukhumanrightsb Rights in a time of quarantine – an extended look 17 March https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2020/03/17/rights-in-a-time-of-quarantine-niall-coghlan/
8/n @HRW on Human Rights Dimensions of COVID-19 Response, 19 March 2020 https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/19/human-rights-dimensions-covid-19-response
9/n @DrOliverLewis on Disability, coronavirus and international human rights - including links to statements from UN & European human rights institutions https://insights.doughtystreet.co.uk/post/102g27s/disability-coronavirus-and-international-human-rights
10/n @PaulFScott on UK response : "the success of the state’s response to Coronavirus will eventually be judged not only by the nature of the interferences with individual liberty..., but also ... by the sufficiency of the associated economic measures" https://verfassungsblog.de/fighting-covid-19-legal-powers-and-risks-the-united-kingdom/
11/n @EssexHRC round up of #COVID19 impact on human rights around the world https://hrcessex.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/international-human-rights-news-focus-on-coronavirus-2/
12/n @opiniojuris Symposium on COVID-19 and International Law http://opiniojuris.org/2020/03/23/symposium-on-covid-19-and-international-law/
13/n @UNAIDS on Rights in the time of COVID-19: Lessons from HIV for an effective, community-led response
https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/human-rights-and-covid-19_en.pdf
https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/human-rights-and-covid-19_en.pdf
14/n Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) statement of principles on treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.coe.int/en/web/cpt/-/covid-19-council-of-europe-anti-torture-committee-issues-statement-of-principles-relating-to-the-treatment-of-persons-deprived-of-their-liberty-
15/n Governments Should Respect Rights in COVID-19 Surveillance : joint statement by @HRW @amnesty @privacyint @accessnow and 100 other NGOs https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/02/governments-should-respect-rights-covid-19-surveillance
16/n thread on privacy and contact tracing https://twitter.com/yvesalexandre/status/1245716330000584707?s=21
17/n @JTasioulas on health and human rights https://twitter.com/JTasioulas/status/1246113253605900299
18/n UN Special Rapporteur statements on COVID-19 and (1) domestic violence https://ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25749&LangID=E ; (2) rights of older persons https://ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25748&LangID=E ; (3) abuse of emergency measures https://ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25722&LangID=E ; (4) police use of force https://ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Executions/Pages/HumanRightsDispatches.aspx
19/n Part of the @opiniojuris COVID-19 Symposium: @fredericmegret on "Returning “Home” -- Nationalist International Law in the Time of the Coronavirus" (see also post 4 in this thread by Jelena Dzankic and @piccolimeister ) http://opiniojuris.org/2020/03/30/covid-19-symposium-returning-home-nationalist-international-law-in-the-time-of-the-coronavirus/
