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Editorial
Applying Siracusa: A Call for a General Comment on Public Health Emergencies
Health and human rights, v 22(1), pp 387-390
Jun 2020
PMID: 32669826
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency—as of 23 April 2020 there were over 2.7 million cases, with over 190,000 deaths globally.[1] Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), states may restrict certain rights during public emergencies that threaten the life of the nation to the extent that they are “strictly required by the exigencies of the situation.”[2] COVID-19 can be a fatal disease without known methods of prevention and treatment. Given this situation, the question is not if, but how states may restrict rights to try to control the pandemic. [1st paragraph]
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- Title
- Applying Siracusa: A Call for a General Comment on Public Health Emergencies
- Creators
- Nina Sun - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Health and human rights, v 22(1), pp 387-390
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000543379300043
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85088155354
- Other Identifier
- 991019168081704721
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