In association with the International Commission of Jurists

April 2020

06 Apr

[Gayle Manchin is the Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, appointed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. James W. Carr is a Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, appointed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.] How far can a government limit religious freedom in the name of fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19) under international law?...

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06 Apr

[Sam Zarifi is the Secretary General of the International Commission of Jurists and Kate Powers is a student at the University of Michigan School of Law and a Legal Intern at the International Commission of Jurists.] As of 8:00 am CET this morning, the Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases tracker  by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in the US...

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06 Apr

[Martin Scheinin is a Professor of International Law and Human Rights at European University Institute and a former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-terrorism.] Earlier contributors have highlighted that in addition to permissible restrictions (or limitations) upon human rights, applicable in perfectly normal situations, some human rights treaties also allow for the more far-reaching option of a State to derogate from some of its obligations...

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06 Apr

UN Audiovisual Library The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs invites you to watch a particularly relevant lecture by Professor Gian Luca Burci on “International Law and Infectious Disease Control” available on the Lecture Series of the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law website.The Audiovisual Library of International Law is also available as a podcast, which can be accessed through the preinstalled...

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04 Apr

[Fabricio Guariglia is Director of Prosecutions, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court. The opinions in this article are solely the author’s and should not be attributed to the Office of the Prosecutor or the International Criminal Court.] As we move further into the uncertain, our offices turned virtual, our children at home, our social habits transformed, our concerns for ourselves and others guiding our daily routines,...

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04 Apr

[Craig D. Gaver and Nishadee Perera are LL.M. Candidates at Columbia Law School. The authors write only in their personal capacity; the opinions expressed herein are not attributable to the author’s employers or affiliated organizations.] Since the novel coronavirus first appeared in December 2019, the virus and ensuing illness, known as COVID-19, has commanded the world’s attention. For the international legal...

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04 Apr

[Solon Solomon is a Lecturer in the Division of Public and International Law at Brunel University London School of Law.] There is no question that Israel has an obligation to alleviate the health crisis that COVID-19 may trigger in the Gaza Strip. After all, according to the jurisprudential line taken by the Israeli Supreme Court, the State cannot allow the emergence of a humanitarian crisis in post-disengagement Gaza....

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04 Apr

[Marcos Kotlik is the Academic Coordinator of the IHL Observatory at the University of Buenos Aires School of Law, and a PhD in International Law candidate at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Ezequiel Heffes is a Thematic Legal Adviser at Geneva Call. This post was written in their personal capacity and does not represent the views of any institution] Conflict-affected areas are particularly vulnerable...

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03 Apr

[León Castellanos-Jankiewicz is Researcher in International Law at the Asser Institute for International and European Law in The Hague and Academic Coordinator of the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research.] As nearly half the world goes under lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, migrants have been especially helpless in the face of governmental measures restricting the movement of persons. Recent...

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03 Apr

[Nina Sun is the Deputy Director and Global Health and Human Rights & Assistant Clinical Professor at the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University  and Livio Zilli is a Senior Legal Adviser & UN Representative at the International Commission of Jurists.] Overview of Criminalization related to Violations of Public Health Measures Responses to the new coronavirus have escalated at a rapid rate, with States using a variety...

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03 Apr

[Nina Sun is the Deputy Director and Global Health and Human Rights & Assistant Clinical Professor at the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University  and Livio Zilli is a Senior Legal Adviser & UN Representative at the International Commission of Jurists.] This piece is split into two parts – the first focuses on criminalization of COVID-19 exposure and transmission, and the second on criminal sanctions...

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