Human Rights and Pandemic Combats

Abstract

After the emergence of a pandemic, the world's next task of immediate concern is the discovery of a vaccine to tackle the scourge. Before this discovery, it is Human rights that fill the vacuum. It is relevant before, during and after the pandemic. Much more, Human rights cover the field; it makes provision for people's health without jeopardizing other rights. Using COVID-19 as a reference point, the paper principally considers how Human rights can mitigate the deadly impact of the pandemic while exposing the inadequacy of the ordinary pandemic restrictive legal response.

Keywords: Human rights, vaccine, COVID-19, pandemic, restrictive pandemic legal response, lockdown, Quarantine.