International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare: Volume 15 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Theo Gavrielides

Human rights violations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mohammed R.M. Elshobake

The purpose of this paper is to explore the most prominent human rights violations during the COVID-19 pandemic in accordance with international human rights law.

Covid-19 pandemic and future global catastrophic risks as a challenge for health-care ethics

Konrad Szocik, Rakhat Abylkasymova

Current covid-19 pandemic challenges health-care ethics. Ones of the most important challenges are medical resources allocation and a duty to treat, often addressed to medical…

Human rights dimensions of COVID-19 responses in Bangladesh: challenges and recommendations

Sonia Mannan, Jobair Alam, Md Habibur Rahman

The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize the human rights dimensions of COVID-19 responses in Bangladesh through a viewpoint methodology in four critical areas: freedom of…

COVID-19 and health inequality: the nexus of race, income and mortality in New York City

Farzaneh Khayat, Lemir Teron, Farzin Rasoulyan

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate socioeconomic factors related to COVID-19 mortality rates in New York City (NYC) to understand the connections between socioeconomic…

The Palestinian health-care providers’ perceptions, challenges and human rights-related concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic

Fayez Azez Mahamid, Guido Veronese, Dana Bdier

One of the most affected groups during the COVID-19 pandemic was health-care providers due to the direct and continuous exposure to the virus and a lack of sufficient medical…

Implications of the Covid-19 mitigation model on people’s right to health in Uganda

Robert Stalone Buwule, Margaret Ssebunya, Gyaviira Kisitu

The purpose of this paper is to review the approach used by the Ugandan Government in implementing the Covid-19 mitigation model and establish whether it did not expose…

COVID-19 responses, human rights and the cultural context of Global South

Md. Kamal Uddin, Muhammad Tareq Chy, Helal Uddin Ahmmed

This paper focuses on COVID-19 and human rights in the Global South. Controlling COVID-19 has become very challenging to the courtiers in the Global South and the Global North…