Africa, Human Rights and the Covid-19 Pandemic. Mitigation Dynamics and Their Implications for Human Rights, Freedoms and Civ : Mitigation Dynamics and Their Implications for Human Rights, Freedoms and Civil Liberties / edited by Munyaradzi Mawere and James Duri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mawere, Munyaradzi, editor.

Duri, James, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Africa.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Africa, Human Rights and the Covid-19 Pandemic. Mitigation Dynamics and Their Implications for Human Rights, Freedoms and Civ

Place of Publication:

Langaa RPCIG

Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, [2023]

Summary:

This book makes a significant contribution by initiating debate on the state of human rights, freedoms and civil liberties in the context of emergencies such as pandemics in general and Covid-19 in particular. It is without doubt that as the world was preoccupied with combating the Covid-19 pandemic, issues of rights, freedoms and liberties in the context of this struggle increasingly came under close scrutiny. The book is for students and practitioners across fields, but most especially in history, law, political science, development studies, philosophy, social anthropology and sociology.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Notes on the Authors

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Africa's Two Pandemics in the Name of Covid-19 and Human Rights Abuses

Chapter 2: Covid-19 Terror and Human Rights Abuses: Civilians at the Mercy of Zimbabwe's State Security Apparatus

Chapter 3: Security Officers on the Rampage: The Covid-19 Pandemic and Human Rights Infractions in Nigeria

Chapter 4: Weaponisation of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Suppression of Political Rights and Freedoms in Zimbabwe

Chapter 5: Media under Siege? The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Violation of Press Freedom in Zimbabwe

Chapter 6: Shut Up or Perish! John Pombe Magufuli's Covid-19 Denialism and the Violation of Information and Media Freedom in Tanzania

Chapter 7: Battling a Pandemic in a Warped Economy: Contravention of Socio-economic Rights during the Covid-19 Period in Zimbabwe

Chapter 8: Between a Rock and a Hard Surface: Reflecting on the Experiences of Informal Sector Participants during the Covid-19-induced Lockdowns in Mashava, Zimbabwe

Chapter 9: Covid-19 Restrictions and the Woes of Informal Traders in the Zaka District, Zimbabwe

Chapter 10: Covid-19 Mitigation Dynamics in Zimbabwe: A New Battleground for Political Contest and Human Rights Debate?

Chapter 11: Covid-19 Protocols and the Shrinking Democratic and Human Rights Space in Zumbabwe

Chapter 12: The Impact of Covid-19 Mitigation Protocols on Vulnerable Groups in sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 13: Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Labour Rights in Zimbabwe

Chapter 14: Covid-19, Gender-based Violence and Human Rights Abuses: The Case of Zimbabwe

Chapter 15: The Church's Pursuit of Human Rights, Freedoms, and Liberties during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa.

Chapter 16: In Defence of the Weak and the Vulnerable: The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Fight against Covid-19 Human Rights Infringements

Chapter 17: Informal Human Rights Struggles Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic: Insights into Subaltern Initiatives in Africa

Chapter 18: "The End Justified the Means": Laxity of Zimbabweans during the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Government's Hobbesian Intervention.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789956553372

9956553379