Question

How the Covid 19 lockdown infringed the right to equality free from discrimination

Answer 1

Answer:

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that an outbreak of the viral disease COVID-19 – first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China – had reached the level of a global pandemic. Citing concerns with “the alarming levels of spread and severity,” the WHO called for governments to take urgent and aggressive action to stop the spread of the virus.

International human rights law guarantees everyone the right to the highest attainable standard of health and obligates governments to take steps to prevent threats to public health and to provide medical care to those who need it. Human rights law also recognizes that in the context of serious public health threats and public emergencies threatening the life of the nation, restrictions on some rights can be justified when they have a legal basis, are strictly necessary, based on scientific evidence and neither arbitrary nor discriminatory in application, of limited duration, respectful of human dignity, subject to review, and proportionate to achieve the objective.

The scale and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic clearly rises to the level of a public health threat that could justify restrictions on certain rights, such as those that result from the imposition of quarantine or isolation limiting freedom of movement. At the same time, careful attention to human rights such as non-discrimination and human rights principles such as transparency and respect for human dignity can foster an effective response amidst the turmoil and disruption that inevitably results in times of crisis and limit the harms that can come from the imposition of overly broad measures that do not meet the above criteria.

Answer 2

Lockdown, school closures and border checks, are just few of the unusual steps implemented for preventing the transmission of coronavirus in most countries around the world. The acts of the authorities in this emergency could appear to breach the basic rights of millions of citizens

Explanation:

• If there is an emergency, the right to life and access to education are the first to be violated on the list of human rights. According to universal fundamental rights, everyone has the right to access preventive medical care and to receive medical treatment.
• Since the COVID-19 outbreak, however, all milestones have been shattered by the number of people infected by coronavirus, and the health services are now exhausted. Unable to fulfill its demands, medical practitioners push patients away without sufficient network power, denying a lot of people a chance to access a right to healthcare. This way the rights to equality and free from discrimination has been infringed
• Simply quarantine precautions to minimize the spread of the virus have been imposed in several nations. Following this, shop closing, lock-downs and travel permit documents have taken precedence over freedom of movement.
• This crisis in public health has uncovered a crisis of human values since Chinese and East Asians were denied entry to restaurants, tourist attractions, even whole nations, and discriminated against on the basis that the virus outbreak started in China. Such acts, of course, reflect national prejudice and are prohibited.
• Even religious freedom is being affected by pandemic management measures, because places of worship are now closed to prevent overpopulation. Furthermore, existing religious rituals shall not take effect , depriving thousands of people of their freedom to share their faith with others.
• In the Supreme Court's opinion that the right to life meant a worthy life not just a simple animal existence, the importance of dignity was clearly stated in Indian rights discourse. Unfortunately, in the pretext of imposing the lock-down the rights of civilians are being violently abused by police and the question emerges on if the police are civilized?
• At least few police cases have come to light in some parts of the states where police forced suspected lockout violators to strip. In Bangalore, for instance, the Sub-inspector of the Traffic Police was seen asking a few people to openly take their shirts and tie them as covers around their heads. A house guard also stopped a biker in Davanagere and forced him to remove his shirt and use it as a mask.
• Similarly police used to sham alleged lock-down violators in different cities/districts. They were taken to the Police Department and hold slates on which an apology was printed. It was captured and the images were posted to their social media pages! Shaming is not accepted as a valid penalty under the statute and is a severe violation by the Supreme Court of secrecy
• Hence, we can say during lockdown has seen equality, dignity and due process being violated

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