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Event: Human Rights in the New Normal – June 24, 25 2020
Fundamental Rights Association will launch first results of its Fundamental Rights Survey during the flagship online event “Human rights in the new normal – people’s views and experiences in EU societies affected by the COVID-19 outbreak” on 24 and 25 of June 2020. FRA’s report ‘What do rights mean for people in the EU’ willContinue Reading
Commentary: What Matters Today
Commentary: By Polli Hagenaars, The Netherlands [1] It is apparent that not only in the Netherlands, but worldwide, protests are on the rise and are strongly politicised as is the Covid-19 pandemic. While our hearts bleed, thinking of the family and friends of George Floyd, of the fear and anger ofContinue Reading
Commentary: Human Rights Challenges
Thoughts about the human rights challenges we confront in the fog of the war with the Corona Virus Commentary by Neal S. Rubin, PhD, ABPPApril, 2020 Given my interests in human rights, I find myself thinking about some of the moral and ethical challenges we are grappling with today asContinue Reading
Human Rights in Times of Corona
Commentary by Polli Hagenaars We are worried about the ongoing corona crisis. We are worried about our loved-ones, about people around us, and about of those in vulnerable situations. We think of the refugees in Syria, at the Turkish borders, at the Mexican/US borders and elsewhere, of those on the move, of peopleContinue Reading
Ethics Guidelines and Corona Virus
Ethics Resources on the Corona Virus Compiled by the Hasting CentreContinue Reading
Human Rights Aspects of the Covid-19 Response
Human Rights Watch: Human rights dimensions of COVID-19 response. Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/19/human-rights-dimensions-covid-19-responseContinue Reading
Commentary – Vulnerable Peoples
Vulnerable groups, like elderly people, refugees, children. A Canadian colleague wrote: ‘Like many others at the present time, I am quite consumed with the effects the COVID-19 is having. Yet, I am mostly worried about the life of many vulnerable groups. At this time in particular, I am concerned about those individualsContinue Reading
Basic Human Rights in Situations of Emergencies
Commentary by Nora Sveaass Commentary by Nora Sveas In situations of emergency and crisis there is a need for measures and arrangements set up for the common good, including altering and setting limitations to what is considered regular rights and routines in our daily lives. Emergencies may therefore give rise toContinue Reading
Excerpt: Resolution on Climate Change and Psychology
“THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that our psychology organizations will advocate for and support international and cross-disciplinary collaboration to mitigate and facilitate adaptation to climate crisis. We will inform our respective members and the public about climate crisis, emphasizing scientific research and consensus on its causes and short- and long-term harms,Continue Reading
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