International Human Rights Law and COVID-19 States of Emergency Emmons, Cassandra V. Author aut Text xx# 2020 Verfassungsblog 2020-04-25 eng
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 As has been highlighted by other contributors to this Symposium, emergency decrees have already been used to achieve political ambitions beyond addressing COVID-19 in places like Hungary or Bulgaria. While states bear the responsibility of protecting their nations, modern day international human rights law is designed precisely to protect people from governments that abuse their powers. What limits does international human rights law impose on governments during emergencies? Can they be enforced? And how does COVID-19 fit in these conceptualizations? CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Emmons, Cassandra V. funded by the government Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers international human rights 342 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/international-human-rights-law-and-covid-19-states-of-emergency/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20200425-164920-0 200425 10.17176/20200425-164920-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)