الآليات الدولية لحماية حقوق الإنسان في ظل جائحة كورونا

الملخص EN

There is no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic has confused the international community due to its rapid and widespread alarming spread, which has many repercussions that posed a threat to public health.

Many countries around the world have declared a state of emergency by taking some exceptional precautionary measures to confront the virus and limit its spread, but many of these measures directly impinge on individual rights constituted serious violations, as many regions of the world have witnessed the emergence of hate speech, racism and discrimination based on race or religion.

These measures have also included the imposition of strict restrictions on movement, freedom of expression, and the prevention of gatherings in the framework of social distancing measures and other social and economic rights.

Although international human rights law guarantees everyone the right to the highest attainable standard of health, and obliges States to limit the restrictions imposed on the protection of public health to be limited in duration, proportionate, and necessary, based on scientific evidence, and not discriminatory, and applicable to achieve a specific period of review, and a specific to achieve the goal of human rights, and a specific and a period of human being subject to a review and a specific to be subject to review and a period of human rights The Sought-Out.

This has sparked a wide-ranging debate at the regional and international levels on the impact of these measures on human rights and fundamental freedoms guaranteed by international human rights instruments, the principles enshrined in the international legitimacy of these rights, and the effectiveness of international mechanisms in protecting human rights and freedoms in light of the coronavirus pandemic.