Africa: Covid-19 Pandemic Sparked Year of Rights Crises

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  • Government policies and actions in the year since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic have precipitated human rights crises around the globe.
  • The pandemic and abusive government approaches have especially harmed the world’s most marginalized people.
  • Governments should have the moral courage and political will to put protection of everyone’s human rights at the heart of a post-pandemic recovery, end abusive policies, and cooperate on vaccine access for all.

The first year of the Covid-19 pandemic precipitated human rights crises around the world, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. As the one-year mark of the World Health Organization declaring the spread of Covid-19 a pandemic approaches, many countries should urgently change course to ensure a rights-respecting exit from this public health crisis. Governments should work together to scale up vaccine manufacturing and distribution to achieve universal and equitable vaccine access.

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