COVID-19 and the NNHRR

The Network would like to express its support and solidarity with all members and those in your communities during this challenging period. More than ever, it is crucial to bear in mind the implications that coronavirus and its ramifications has for human rights.

Over the past months, many of our members have been engaging with the human rights challenges posed by COVID-19. NNHRR Steering Committee member Prof Brigit Toebes has authored a blog post on ‘COVID-19 outbreak is a matter of international law and human rights’ as part of the Global Health Law Groningen blog series on the pandemic. Other posts include:

• ‘Coronavirus Curriculum’ by Prof Felisa Tibbitts
• ‘COVID-19 threatens more than you think’ by David Patterson
• ‘Protecting Human Rights by Limiting Them: The Strategy to Combat Covid-19’ by Ratna Juwita
• ‘US Border Closure Breaches International Refugee Law’ by Dr León Castellanos-Jankiewicz
• ‘The Netherlands: Of Rollercoasters and Elephants’ by Prof Antoine Buyse
• ‘Sensing COVID-19 and Climate Change’ by Anna Berti Suman and Dr Marie Petersmann
• 'Human rights derogations/restrictions in the time of VODI-19: what is their relevance in situations where an armed group or de facto entity controls territory?' by Katharine Fortin
• ‘Public Health and the European Court of Human Rights: Using Strasbourg's Arsenal in the COVID-19 Era’ by Assistant Prof Aikaterini Tsampi

We will continue listing useful posts regarding human rights and coronavirus authored by our members in this space. If you are a NNHRR member and would like your contribution to be featured here, please email the NNHRR Secretariat at NNHRR@asser.nl.

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