Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Asia-Pacific COVID-19 brief: The human rights dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is presenting unique challenges to the protection of human rights around the world, including the Asia-Pacific region. This brief covers key human rights issues that have been long-standing areas of concern in the region and that have been exacerbated by the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. Other equally important human rights dimensions, notably in relation to economic and social rights that have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have been covered in previous webinars and briefs in the series.
This brief was developed by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Regional Office for South-East Asia. In addition to highlighting the challenges, this brief provides policy advice and recommendations to ensure a rights-based approach is adopted in response to all disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
The brief reflects interventions and feedback from the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Asia-Pacific webinar on 14 May 2020, titled ‘The Human Rights Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic,’ which was co-organized with OHCHR.
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