COVID-19, the Netherlands, and Human Rights: A Balancing Act
On March 16th, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a range of measures aimed at “maximum control,” but not “maximum containment” of the virus.
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Read more: New Zealand’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic New Zealand’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
As of May 22nd, new infections have reduced to a trickle – there are often zero new cases per day, after weeks of being in the single digits.
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Read more: Restrictions on Liberty in the United Kingdom During COVID-19 Restrictions on Liberty in the United Kingdom During COVID-19
The measures taken in the U.K. to respond to the pandemic have been described as “almost certainly the most severe restrictions on liberty ever imposed.”
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Read more: Emerging Themes from the “Global Responses to COVID-19” Symposium 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: Orcas, Dolphins, and Whales: non-human persons and animal rights Orcas, Dolphins, and Whales: non-human persons and animal rights
By Yusuf Lenfest With few exceptions, most cultures put homo sapiens at the center or the apex of creation. Humans, it is generally believed, are distinguished from other animals by our self-awareness and our ability to use tools, to think, reason, and construct meaning and representations about life. The Abrahamic religious traditions are most notable…