Emerging Themes from the “Global Responses to COVID-19” Symposium
The negotiation of difference and its implications for freedoms and entitlements is the central legitimacy challenge in modern democracies.
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Read more: General Quarantine, Social Emergency, and Economic Crisis: COVID-19 in Colombia General Quarantine, Social Emergency, and Economic Crisis: COVID-19 in Colombia
While the mandatory isolation orders are quite broad, there are concerns about the effectiveness of the quarantine.
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Read more: Kenya’s Growing Anti-Rights Public Health Agenda During COVID-19 Kenya’s Growing Anti-Rights Public Health Agenda During COVID-19
Kenya’s government has acted to address the pandemic through a number of measures that have also significantly curtailed constitutionally guaranteed rights.
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Read more: COVID-19 and the State of Alarm vis-à-vis Human Rights in Spain COVID-19 and the State of Alarm vis-à-vis Human Rights in Spain
As of May 20, 2020, Spain had the second highest per capita rate of COVID-19 deaths in the world, with 59.5 deaths per 100,000.
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Read more: Patient Safety in the United Kingdom After COVID-19 Patient Safety in the United Kingdom After COVID-19
Will there be less avoidable patient harm in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service after the COVID-19 pandemic is over?
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Read more: COVID-19 Highlights Need for Rights to Repair and Produce in Emergencies COVID-19 Highlights Need for Rights to Repair and Produce in Emergencies
The pandemic makes a stronger case for the need to explicitly incorporate into our legal system a right to repair and supply products in emergencies.
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Read more: Germany’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Germany’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Testing, quarantine and contact tracing were employed to detect and prevent further transmission of the virus. Breach of orders was criminally punishable.
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Read more: COVID-19, Civil Rights, and the Rule of Law: The Case of Iceland COVID-19, Civil Rights, and the Rule of Law: The Case of Iceland
In the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Iceland rolled out an extensive strategy, which has helped the country avoid the most drastic rights restrictions.
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Read more: COVID-19 in India: Lockdown, Legal Challenges, and Disparate Impacts COVID-19 in India: Lockdown, Legal Challenges, and Disparate Impacts
Testing, quarantine and contact tracing were employed to detect and prevent further transmission of the virus. Breach of orders was criminally punishable.
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Read more: The Novel Coronavirus and Civil Rights: A Snapshot from Chile The Novel Coronavirus and Civil Rights: A Snapshot from Chile
On March 18th, the Chilean government resolved, via an executive order, a state of constitutional catastrophe in response to the novel Coronavirus.
