The Pandemic and the Notion of Duties and Responsibilities Under Human Rights

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10.2991/assehr.k.210506.002How to use a DOI?

Keywords

pandemic, duties, responsibilities, human rights

Abstract

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, State authorities prescribe public health measures to reduce the risk or the rate of infection in the community. Such measures impose restrictions on the freedom of movement and how the public conduct their business such as the lock down order, physical distancing, mandate to wear face mask and prohibition of mass gatherings. Such measures invite criticisms and objections from some sections of the society since it transgresses into freedom of individuals. In German and the United States of America for instance, protests were made against the official measures of prescribing wearing of face mask and physical distancing. This paper seeks to examine the question raised under human rights discourse and on the responds of different communities on such restrictive public health measures including the respond of such measures in Malaysia. It is interesting to see the different responds in a society where there is emphasis on communitarian rights as oppose to individual rights.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Farid Sufian Shuaib
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/08
TI  - The Pandemic and the Notion of Duties and Responsibilities Under Human Rights
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2020 (ICLHR 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 5
EP  - 9
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210506.002
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210506.002
ID  - Shuaib2021
ER  -