Lebret Audrey
Copenhagen University, Faculty of Law, CeBIL, Copenhagen, Denmark.
J Law Biosci. 2020 May 4;7(1):lsaa015. doi: 10.1093/jlb/lsaa015. eCollection 2020 Jan-Jun.
Under international human rights law, States can limit the exercise of most human rights if it is necessary to protect the rights of others or collective interests. The exceptional circumstances brought by the COVID-19 global pandemic lead to more extensive, on both their scope and their duration, restrictions of human rights than in usual times. This article introduces the States' specific right to derogate to human rights in circumstances of public emergency and the conditions of a legitimate derogation in the context of COVID-19. It argues that States must ensure that the general measures they adopt to face the crisis do not disproportionally harm vulnerable people.
根据国际人权法，如果为保护他人权利或集体利益有必要，国家可以限制大多数人权的行使。新冠疫情全球大流行带来的特殊情况导致人权限制在范围和持续时间上都比平时更为广泛。本文介绍了国家在公共紧急状态下克减人权的具体权利以及在新冠疫情背景下合法克减的条件。文章认为，各国必须确保其为应对危机而采取的一般措施不会对弱势群体造成过度伤害。
