Human Rights During the COVID-19 Pandemic The South Asian Experience
This book sheds light on the fact that the proclamation of an emergency can be a legitimate constitutional method to take prompt preventative measures in protecting the interests of the society in times of grave crises. However, the exercise of emergency powers should not undermine a nation’s commit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Springer Nature Singapore
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Human Rights in South Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview
- Part I The COVID-19 Emergency and the Executive Response: Reinforcing the Necessity of Institutional Reforms
- 2. The Executive Response to the COVID-19 Emergency and the Issue of Protecting Rights: The Same Old South Asian Story
- 3. Oversight and Monitoring of Executive Actions in India during the Pandemic: A Case of Absentee Parliament
- 4. Evaluation of the Functioning of the National Human Rights Commissions of India and of Other South Asian Nations during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 5. Looking beyond Constitutional Institutions during an Emergency: Exploring the Role of the Civil Society in Protecting Rights
- Part II The Adverse Impact of the Pandemic Response on Fundamental Rights
- 6. Criminalisation of Media Reporting on the Government Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: Freedom of Press in Peril
- 7. Protecting Free Speech and Curbing the Spread of Disinformation in the Age of COVID-19: Did the South Asian Nations Get the Balance Right?
- 8. Right to Health during the Pandemic: A South Asian Perspective
- Part III The Adverse Impact of the Pandemic Response on Socio-Economic Rights
- 9. COVID-19 and the Indian Migrant Workers: Citizens of State or Citizens of Nation
- 10. The Right to Health: Cinderella among the Fundamental Rights and Lessons from COVID-19