International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare: Volume 14 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Jan Michael Alexandre C. Bernadas, Lee Edson Pacudan Yarcia

Limit your body area -a COVID-19 mass radicalisation challenging autonomy and basic human rights

Stinne Glasdam, Sigrid Stjernswärd

This paper aims to explore articulations of how individuals internalise official demands on handling COVID-19 and the function of social media in this process, and further to…

Undocumented in the time of pandemic: exploring legal violence, health care and human rights of irregular Filipino migrants in Italy and the UK

Ron Bridget T. Vilog, Carlos M. Piocos III

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of states’ pandemic responses to the conditions and vulnerabilities of undocumented Filipino migrants in Italy and the UK. It…

Migrant health as a human right amidst COVID-19: a culture-centered approach

Mohan J. Dutta

The purpose of this manuscript is to examine the negotiations of health among low-wage migrant workers in Singapore amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks in dormitories housing them. In…

Analysing the interplay between the right to health and pharmaceutical patent rights in the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccine into the Philippines

Mario C. Cerilles Jr, Harry Gwynn Omar M. Fernan

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated economies and public health systems across the globe, increasing the anticipation for the creation of an effective vaccine. With this comes…

Analysis of the mental health response to COVID-19 and human rights concerns in the occupied Palestinian territories

Maria Helbich, Samah Jabr

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has devastating effects around the world, influencing daily life and putting communities into unprecedented situations of anxiety, hardship and…

Coronavirus containment depends on human rights: freedom of expression and press are needed to fight pandemic

Ellery Altshuler

The purpose of this paper is to describe restrictions on freedoms of expression and press that have arisen during the coronavirus pandemic and to show the public health impact of…

“Unforgotten” informal communities and the COVID-19 pandemic: Sitio San Roque under Metro Manila’s lockdown

Christianne France Collantes

This paper aims to offer Sitio San Roque, an informal settlement in the Philippines as a case study to explore long-term "forgetful" urban development planning in the Philippines…