ПАНДЕМИЯТА COVID-19, МЕЖДУНАРОДНОТО ПРАВО И ПРАВАТА НА ЧОВЕКА
COVID-19 PANDEMIC, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Summary/Abstract: Following the announcement of the WHO regarding the state of the global pandemic, the scale and severity of COVID-19 strongly suggest a degree of a public health threat that may justify restrictions on certain rights, such as those arising from imposing quarantine or isolation or restricting the freedom of movement. The article deals with major international documents related to the right to health and relevant to a state of emergency, such as the ICCPR, General Comment No. 14 of 2000, International Health Regulations (2005), and the Siracusa Principles on the Limitation and Derogation Provisions in the ICCPR since 1984. Practices in different states regarding quarantine and isolation of the population are examined. The author also analyzes the issue of the responsibility of states to provide timely, accurate, sufficiently detailed and accessible public health information.

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