Using the wrong tool for the job: Four lessons from states’ responses to Covid-19

By Amnesty International

Carrie Eisert, Amnesty International’s Policy Advisor for Gender, Racial Justice, Refugees and Migrants In March 2020, as the world began to shut down in response to the rapid spread of Covid-19, Amnesty staff scrambled to deliver our first assessment of states’ human rights obligations in the context of a global pandemic. A flurry of activity […] The post Using the wrong tool for the job: Four lessons from states’ responses to Covid-19 appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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