'Bringing Human Rights to Bear on COVID-19': video now available

We are delighted to share the video recording of HRLC’s webinar ‘Bringing Human Rights to Bear on COVID-19’, which took place on 21 May 2020.

What are the human rights issues raised by COVID-19? To what extent do government responses to the pandemic comply with human rights law? What changes need to be made to law and policy to ensure that human rights are guaranteed during this time of COVID-19? What is the role of the courts and other accountability mechanisms? 

These and other key questions were addressed by an international team of HRLC experts including Professor Robert McCorquodale, Professor Marko Milanovic and HRLC Co-Director Professor Aoife Nolan.

Chair: Sangeeta Shah

• Freedom of expression and the issue of misinformation, Marko Milanovic (04:51)
• Strategic litigation and COVID-19, Aoife Nolan (17:00)
• Key issues in business and human rights, Robert McCorquodale (31:30)
• Q&A

Further reading:

• Marko Milanovic, Viral Misinformation and the Freedom of Expression Part I, Part II, Part III, EJIL Talk, 13-14 April 2020
• Aoife Nolan, Constitutional Social Rights Litigation and Adjudication in a Time of COVID-19, IACL-AIDC Blog, 28 May 2020
• UNDP, Human Rights Due-Diligence and Covid-19: Rapid Self-Assessment for Business, 10 April 2020