N° 256 – Raising applicable standards: a bold or necessary action?

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, debates have turned around proportionality of measures, and on how to uphold existing human rights standards. Indeed, the pandemic has on many accounts added a layer of complexity leading to individual rights being out waved by public measures adopted in the interest of public health and safety, aimed at containing and eradicating the pandemic; hence considered a necessary step for many Governments. But might this time also be an opportunity to reinforce and even to uplift certain applicable international human rights standards as bold but necessary steps?