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The public health measures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic effectively contained and reduced the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on a global scale between the years 2020–2023,[1] and had several other positive effects on the natural environment of planet Earth and human societies as well,[1][2][3] including improved air quality and oxygen levels due to reduced air and water pollution,[1][2] lower crime rates across the world,[3] and less frequent violent crimes perpetrated by violent non-state actors, such as ISIS and other Islamic terrorist organizations.[3]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that stay-at-home responses for slowing the pandemic, such as the quarantine mandates, should not be implemented at the expense of human rights.[4] Broader concerns have been expressed about the effect of COVID-19 containment measures on human rights, democracy, and governance.[5][6][7] Numerous experts report that various issues intersect, and are no longer an issue of only one category.[8]
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- ^ "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 13 April 2020". www.who.int. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ Lundgren, Magnus; Klamberg, Mark; Sundström, Karin; Dahlqvist, Julia (2020). "Emergency Powers in Response to COVID-19: Policy Diffusion, Democracy, and Preparedness". Nordic Journal of Human Rights. 38 (4): 305–318. arXiv:2007.00933. doi:10.1080/18918131.2021.1899406.
- ^ Thomson, Stephen; Ip, Eric (29 September 2020). "COVID-19 Emergency Measures and the Impending Authoritarian Pandemic". Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 7 (1): lsaa064. doi:10.1093/jlb/lsaa064. PMC 7543595. PMID 33569176. S2CID 222209692.
- ^ Quintana, Francisco-José; Uriburu, Justina (2020). "Modest International Law: COVID-19, International Legal Responses, and Depoliticization". American Journal of International Law. 114 (4): 687–697. doi:10.1017/ajil.2020.65. S2CID 225655710.
- ^ Bennoune, Karima (2020). ""Lest We Should Sleep": COVID-19 and Human Rights". American Journal of International Law. 114 (4): 666–676. doi:10.1017/ajil.2020.68. S2CID 226373571.