Belarusian Authorities’ Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic as a Security Threat: From Violating Individual Rights to Deepening the State’s Vulnerability
Belarusian Authorities’ Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic as a Security Threat: From Violating Individual Rights to Deepening the State’s Vulnerability
Author(s): Stefania KolarzSubject(s): International Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Electoral systems, Health and medicine and law, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: PIC Promotion of the Intercultural Cooperation
Keywords: Belarusian Authorities’; Covid-19 Pandemic; Security Threat; Violating Individual Rights; State’s Vulnerability;
Summary/Abstract: Taking into consideration that many legal systems qualify a pandemic as a state of emergency justifying limitations of citizens’ and human rights, the questions worth asking are: To what extent may the opposite (not taking any actions and downplaying the problem) lead to human rights violation and what are the possible consequences thereof for the security of both the individual and the state? This issue will be addressed through an assessment of the response of Belarus to COVID-19 from the perspective of internal (human rights and well-being of individuals) and external (hybrid threats) security.
Journal: Ukraine Analytica
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 03 (21)
- Page Range: 57-66
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English