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Issue 5 – Friday 22 May 2020
The latest issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor addresses several key areas pertaining to the impact of the virus on vulnerable communities, including: how the pandemic disproportionately affects the position of adolescent girls; further restrictions on refugee camps; and developments on asylum procedures as lockdown measures begin to ease.
Released on May 22, 2020
Issue 28 – Friday 18 December 2020
The 28th issue of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor includes increased calls to domestic violence hotlines during the pandemic, displaced refugees and violence against peaceful protestors.
IBAHRI Survey Impact of Covid Measures Results
An IBA Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) survey to assess the impact of Covid-19 emergency powers on the rule of law and human rights in different jurisdictions.
Issue 27 – Friday 13 November 2020
The latest issue of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor includes spiking Covid-19 infections among refugees in the last month, and concerns about infections amongst homeless populations in Europe’s second wave of lockdowns. Also: freedom of assembly concerns exacerbated by the pandemic in Indonesia and Nigeria.
Issue 26 – Friday 16 October 2020
The 26th issue of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor includes cybersecurity for women and girls, Covid-19 outbreaks in prisons and the disproportionate disadvantages faced by people with disabilities.
Issue 25 – Friday 9 October 2020
The latest issue of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor includes further outbreaks in refugee camps, contraventions to an individual’s right to access a lawyer through digital hearings and internet shutdowns undermining access to healthcare information during the pandemic.
Issue 24 – Friday 2 October 2020
The 24th issue of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor includes increased violence against members of the LGBTQI+ community, a lack of access to education for refugees during the pandemic and a crackdown on freedom of assembly in Myanmar and Belarus.
Issue 23 – Friday 25 September 2020
The latest issue of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor includes a UNHCR report on refugee children missing school due to the pandemic, further spread of the coronavirus in prisons and the UK government's failure to consider the impact of the crisis on those living with disabilities.
Issue 22 – Friday 18 September 2020
The 22nd edition of the IBAHRI Covid Monitor includes coverage of the United Nations General Assembly resolution encouraging international cooperation, measures to combat rape in Liberia, LGBTQI+ rights in Southern Africa, Tajikistan and Iraq, effects of the fire at Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, reports of dangerous medical practices at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the US, homelessness and Covid-19 in the Middle East, Germany and Chile, and furlough schemes and disability.
Issue 21 – Friday 11 September 2020
The 21st edition of the Monitor covers topics including a fire in Moria refugee camp forcing refugees ill with Covid-19 to flee and the growing crisis for worldwide refugee camps, the effect on low-income earners, including redundancies and homelessness and the difficulties for those living with disability in the reopening of schools.
Issue 20 – Friday 4 September 2020
The latest issue of the Monitor covers topics including food inequality for members of the LGBTQI+ community, the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on the mental health of people living with disabilities and an update on freedom of assembly protests around the world.
Issue 19 – Friday 28 August 2020
The 19th edition of the Monitor covers topics including violence against women during the pandemic, the threat of Covid-19 outbreaks in vulnerable refugee camps and a study on virus testing in prisons. Also: a UK partnership aimed at distributing technology to homeless people to combat the digital deficit and accessibility challenges for US college students returning to digital classes later this year.
Issue 18 – Friday 21 August 2020
The latest issue of the Monitor covers topics including Covid-19 outbreaks in refugee camps, prisons and detention centres. Also: the lasting impact of the pandemic on individuals with disabilities and on children without access to education.
Issue 17 – Friday 14 August 2020
The 17th issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor covers topics including the increased risk of violence for the transgender and LGBTQI+ communities, lack of support for women-led organisations and women’s rights organisations and the spread of Covid-19 in the prison system.
Issue 16 – Friday 07 August 2020
The latest issue of the Monitor covers topics including cuts to gender-based violence services and government expenditure for victims of domestic violence, the unlawful detention of asylum seekers and religious discrimination under the guise of lockdown measures.
Issue 15 – Friday 31 July 2020
The latest issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor covers topics including: the findings of the recent UN report on human trafficking, the implementation of draconian measures against refugees including border militarisation and calls for more robust strategies to protect people with disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
Issue 14 – Friday 24 July 2020
The 14th issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor covers topics including the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on LGBTQI+ youth, the logistical implications on the international aid community and restrictions on freedom of assembly worldwide.
Issue 13 – Friday 17 July 2020
This week’s Bulletin covers issues including the abuse of LGBTQI+ refugees, the impact of the virus on homeless people and an update on disability rights worldwide, including an EU resolution to protect the rights of those with intellectual disabilities during the pandemic.
Issue 12 – Friday 10 July 2020
The 12th issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor covers topics including conditions of slavery for domestic workers, quarantine restrictions on refugee camps in Greece and the impact of the virus on those living in informal settlements. Also: the disproportionate number of Covid-19-related deaths that have occurred in institutional settings for people with disabilities.
Issue 11 – Friday 3 July 2020
The latest issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor contains updates on gender-based violence and women’s health in India and Northern Ireland. Also: refugee camps, including the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, which has no reported cases of Covid-19 to date.
Issue 10 – Friday 26 June 2020
The tenth issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor contains updates on freedom of assembly in Hong Kong, the United States and Ecuador. Also: the effect of the pandemic on asylum procedures and refugee camps, with particular focus on the forcible quarantine of certain communities
Issue 9 – Friday 19 June 2020
The ninth issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor addresses several key areas pertaining to the impact of the virus on vulnerable communities, including an update on conditions in refugee camps, prisons and informal settlements. The consequences of the pandemic on disability rights and women's health are also covered.
Issue 8 – Friday 12 June 2020
The eighth edition of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor covers topics including: an alarming increase in violence against women during the pandemic, the heightened risk to those who live in informal settlements and threats to freedom of assembly worldwide.
Issue 7 – Friday 5 June 2020
The latest HRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor covers: Freedom of assembly in Hong Kong and the US, tensions along state borders impacting migrant and refugee communities and the effect of inaccessible information on people with disabilities during the pandemic.
Issue 6 – Thursday 28 May 2020
This week’s issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor covers: the damaging impact of cybercrime on vulnerable women during the pandemic, restricted access to healthcare and vital medicine during lockdown and the controversial suggestion of using prisoners in vaccine trials.
Issue 4 – Friday 15 May 2020
The latest issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor delves into global problems including the ongoing lack of support for those with mental health conditions during the crisis, the devastating effects of border closures on asylum seekers and discrimination against members of the LGBTQI+ community.
Issue 3 – Thursday 7 May 2020
In this week’s issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor: the rise of religious discrimination in countries including Cambodia, India and Sri Lanka, mass deportation of migrant workers and the ongoing decline of women’s health services during the pandemic.
Issue 2 – Thursday 30 April 2020
The second issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor addresses global issues including femicide, transphobia, unsanitary refugee camps, overcrowded prisons and the neglect of disability rights.
Issue 1 – Wednesday 22 April 2020
The first issue of the IBAHRI Covid-19 Human Rights Monitor assesses gender-based violence and women’s health, LGBTQI+ rights, prison and detention conditions, refugee camps and asylum procedures. Concerns are raised over reported increases in domestic violence in a number of jurisdictions and the lack of basic protective measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in prisons and detention centres.