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Some Reflections on Countering the Covid-19 Pandemic: Moving from Emergency to the “New Normal” without Trampling on Human Rights?

By Gentian Zyberi on 15 December 2020

* Cross-posting. Blogpost first published as: Gentian Zyberi, Some Reflections on Countering the Covid-19 Pandemic: Moving from Emergency to the “New Normal” without Trampling on Human Rights?, 2020.12.12, in: Global Health and Global Governance, https://www.bigghgg.cn/p/zyberi.html Introduction 1. This blogpost provides some brief reflections on challenges concerning human rights protection during the pandemic caused by Covid-19 (World Health Organization timeline, www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/interactive-timeline). First, it provides a brief overview of State responses and their use of emergency powers and derogations from international and regional human rights treaties. Then, the focus turns to the Covid-19 response by the UN Secretary-General and by the UN…

Update on the African Court of Human Rights

By Gentian Zyberi on 7 April 2013

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The Application of Teachings by the International Court of Justice
By Gentian Zyberi
By Sondre Torp Helmersen (author) Introduction The Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Article 38(1)(d) says that the Court ‘shall apply … the...
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‘Asylum spray’: Acquittal for Racialized Hate Speech against Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees
By Gentian Zyberi
* This is a guest blogpost written by Dr Carola Lingaas. She is an Associate Professor of Law at VID Specialized University in Oslo (Norway)....
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Guest Post: The ICC at a crossroads – Examining the decision to authorise the Afghan investigation
By International Law Observer Administrator
The following is a guest post by Mr Manasvin Andra. Mr Andra is a third year student currently enrolled in the undergraduate law program at...
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Torture prevention – why practice lags behind law? (Part Three)
By Gentian Zyberi
Richard Carver, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Governance, Oxford Brookes University Richard Carver has more than 30 years of experience as a human rights...
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Detention safeguards – the key to preventing torture (Part Two)
By Gentian Zyberi
By Richard Carver, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Governance, Oxford Brookes University. Richard Carver has more than 30 years of experience as a human...
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