Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
One of us (LG) was involved in the drafting of the Siracusa Principles, which have become the chief international instrument governing permissible human rights limitations during national emergencies. The inadequacy of Siracusa in the the context of public health emergencies Then came COVID-19.
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 26, 2023
By Kayum Ahmed, Julia Bleckner, and Kyle Knight In mid-May, the World Health Organization officially declared the “emergency” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic over. Public health emergencies aren’t entirely preventable. Solidarity operates at two intersecting levels.
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Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
By Rossella De Falco Strong, well-coordinated and resilient public health care services play a vital role in preventing and responding to public health crises. What are, however, the specific legal and ethical implications of involving private actors in health care vis-à-vis public health emergencies?
Bill of Health
JANUARY 18, 2024
While receiving significant global traction and acceptance since their publication in 1985, the Siracusa Principles, the authors argue, proved to be simply “unequal to the task” of guiding States’ conduct in the context of COVID-19 because they are “unable to speak in any significant detail to the particular concerns of public health crises.”
Bill of Health
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
By Taleed El-Sabawi The use of emergency public health powers by state and local governments during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic led to intense public criticism followed by legislative attempts (include some successes) to strip state executives of this authority. What does the future hold?
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Despite these experiences, Kenya failed take a human rights-based approach to responding to COVID-19, as was also the case in many other countries. One of the most glaring reasons for this failure was that the Kenyan government simply did not know how to do so.
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 7, 2023
By Anita Gholami The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which brings together parliamentarians from 46 member States, has been a vigilant guardian of respect for the European Convention on Human Rights and other international standards throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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