Event Description The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged health systems around the world, displacing attention to other much-needed services and conditions. It has particularly impacted access to sexual and reproductive health goods and services—not only in the U.S., as discussed in Reproductive Rights in 2020: June Medical Services v. Russo and COVID-19, but around the globe….
Alicia Ely Yamin (Petrie-Flom Center Senior Fellow), will now serve as the Senior Advisor on Human Rights at Partners In Health (PIH).
The greatest take-away may be the role of the law in reflecting and shaping the moral and structural foundations of our democracies.
Indignation over the Court’s outcome is misplaced. Even if the public supports an action, the judiciary must protect the structural separation of powers.
Policy wise, the measures are similar to those of other European countries. But the legal basis for these restrictions has proven extremely controversial.
South Korea has been hailed for its swift and thorough response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the response has come at a cost, affecting privacy and rights.
The Argentinian response to COVID-19 has concentrated power in the hands of the Executive, restricted fundamental rights, and militarized public space.
While measures followed existing public health advisories, they have raised significant legal, constitutional, human rights, and legitimacy issues.
Tensions between welfarisms that enable and those that suffocate are evident in Ireland’s move to restrict the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strict, early measures did not lead to better control of the disease, in comparison to other countries in the region.
