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Does Human Rights Derogation Limit Covid-19 Infections?, Brian K. Gran, Reema Sen
Does Human Rights Derogation Limit Covid-19 Infections?, Brian K. Gran, Reema Sen
Biennial Conference: The Social Practice of Human Rights
The purpose of this project is to model and understand socio-legal responses to the spread of COVID-19—in particular, emergency measures that derogate from states’ human rights commitments. Derogation of human rights in response to COVID-19 is unprecedented, according to some experts (Scheinin 2020). This project investigates whether combinations of conditions, such as moderate human rights derogation in combination with strong health infrastructures, reduce degrees of virus transmission and promote prevention. Its preliminary findings indicate that suspension of some rights appears crucial to limiting COVID-19 infections, but suspension of many rights has limited impacts, raising questions for practices of human rights …