By Liiri Oja

Countries around the world have adopted different measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic: from domestic and international travel restrictions to physical distancing in public spaces, from switching to online schooling to halting of services. Every such restriction has a direct or indirect impact on human rights. Not every ramification will size up to a specific human rights violation, but monitoring the effect on rights is nevertheless necessary.

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