Episode 1: Contagion

Dapo Akande, Marko Milanovic, Sarah Nouwen and Philippa Webb
discuss the compatibility with international human rights law of
the measures taken by states in the fight against the corona
virus.


Do states have a duty to cooperate in tackling the virus? Should
they derogate from rights provided for in human rights treaties
or are those rights flexible enough to permit the measures being
taken? What measures can be taken to combat misinformation
relating to the virus?


They end with one of the international law issues of the day not
receiving attention because of the virus - the indictment by the
United States of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.