💉 A situation is emerging where vaccination has been transformed from a private choice into a mobilisation tool of the state to combat the pandemic.
Over the past month, more and more countries have begun to announce mandatory vaccination against coronavirus for certain segments of the population, usually associated with certain professions. As a rule, those obliged to get vaccinated work in management, the service sector (food, trade, transport), etc. Also, in many cases, compulsory vaccination has affected higher education — both teachers and students. To what extent this measure violates human rights (the right to work, the right to education, the right to an informed choice in the field of health care) is debatable and complex, although in fact, it’s a simple question. Obviously there is a violation. The essence of the matter is only in the balance between the interests of the whole society and/or the state, on the one hand, and human rights, on the other.
There are different lists of approved vaccines in different countries, which do not always coincide with each other. Accordingly, the world has not developed a homogeneous global vaccine space from a legal point of view. This has already found its reflection in vaccine passports, and in introducing them, states recognise some vaccines and do not recognise others.
Another aspect of the same problem has been the dramatic changes to the visa and entry policies of a number of states. This has a serious negative impact on the restoration of global mobility, both in the tourism and business sectors and in the cross-border labor market, as it discourages foreign workers from entering or returning to the country where they used to work.
Accordingly, the vaccine is becoming an instrument of restrictive migration policy, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
#Morality_and_Law #vaccination
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/mandatory-identification-and-human-rights/
Over the past month, more and more countries have begun to announce mandatory vaccination against coronavirus for certain segments of the population, usually associated with certain professions. As a rule, those obliged to get vaccinated work in management, the service sector (food, trade, transport), etc. Also, in many cases, compulsory vaccination has affected higher education — both teachers and students. To what extent this measure violates human rights (the right to work, the right to education, the right to an informed choice in the field of health care) is debatable and complex, although in fact, it’s a simple question. Obviously there is a violation. The essence of the matter is only in the balance between the interests of the whole society and/or the state, on the one hand, and human rights, on the other.
There are different lists of approved vaccines in different countries, which do not always coincide with each other. Accordingly, the world has not developed a homogeneous global vaccine space from a legal point of view. This has already found its reflection in vaccine passports, and in introducing them, states recognise some vaccines and do not recognise others.
Another aspect of the same problem has been the dramatic changes to the visa and entry policies of a number of states. This has a serious negative impact on the restoration of global mobility, both in the tourism and business sectors and in the cross-border labor market, as it discourages foreign workers from entering or returning to the country where they used to work.
Accordingly, the vaccine is becoming an instrument of restrictive migration policy, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
#Morality_and_Law #vaccination
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/mandatory-identification-and-human-rights/
Valdai Club
Mandatory Vaccination and Human Rights
A situation is emerging where vaccination has been transformed from a private choice into a mobilisation tool of the state to combat the pandemic, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
💉🌐 The vaccination campaign is progressing unevenly around the world.
In higher-income countries, about 60 percent of the population had received at least one dose of the vaccine by August 2021. In poor countries, meanwhile, vaccination coverage was only one percent.
We created an infographic on achievements and challenges of the global COVID-19 vaccination.
🔗 The full high-res infographic is available on our website.
#vaccine #vaccination #COVID10
@valdai_club — The Valdai Discussion Club
In higher-income countries, about 60 percent of the population had received at least one dose of the vaccine by August 2021. In poor countries, meanwhile, vaccination coverage was only one percent.
We created an infographic on achievements and challenges of the global COVID-19 vaccination.
🔗 The full high-res infographic is available on our website.
#vaccine #vaccination #COVID10
@valdai_club — The Valdai Discussion Club
💉🌐 Vaccine diplomacy has not justified the hopes we had placed in it.
Belief in diplomacy as such and in its “vaccine spin-off” in particular instils optimism in an ordinary man. A mantra arises: we will create vaccines all together — we will be vaccinated — we will defeat the pandemic.
But in fact, large-scale international cooperation in the development of vaccine materials fails to transpire. Contrary to the declared unification of efforts of people of good will, we see simple geopolitical nationalism, writes Roman Reinhardt, Associate Professor at the Department for Diplomatic Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
🔗 Vaccine Diplomacy: Expectations vs Reality?
#vaccine #vaccination #diplomacy #geopolitics
@valdai_club — The Valdai Discussion Club
Belief in diplomacy as such and in its “vaccine spin-off” in particular instils optimism in an ordinary man. A mantra arises: we will create vaccines all together — we will be vaccinated — we will defeat the pandemic.
But in fact, large-scale international cooperation in the development of vaccine materials fails to transpire. Contrary to the declared unification of efforts of people of good will, we see simple geopolitical nationalism, writes Roman Reinhardt, Associate Professor at the Department for Diplomatic Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
🔗 Vaccine Diplomacy: Expectations vs Reality?
#vaccine #vaccination #diplomacy #geopolitics
@valdai_club — The Valdai Discussion Club
Valdai Club
Vaccine Diplomacy: Expectations vs Reality?
Belief in diplomacy as such and in its “vaccine spin-off” in particular instils optimism in an ordinary man. A mantra arises: we will create vaccines all together — we will be vaccinated — we will defeat the pandemic. But in fact, large-scale international…