MAY 2 — The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has now sadly resulted in infections and caused deaths across the globe, including in the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). We express our serious concerns about the spread of Covid-19 and its negative...
Promote and protect human rights while combating Covid-19 pandemic — Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human RightsMAY 2 — The Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic has now sadly resulted in infections and caused deaths across the globe, including in the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations .
We are heartened by the outcomes from the Special Asean Summit on Covid-19 and the Special Asean Plus Three Summit on Covid-19 on 14 April 2020 which emphasised on enhancing a caring and sharing Asean Community and highlighting the importance of taking a coherent, multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder and whole-of-Asean Community approach in ensuring Asean’s timely and effective response to the pandemic.
We appreciate the measures taken so far by all Member States to ensure that this right to health is protected as a top priority. In particular, we appreciate Asean’s proposed establishment of the Covid-19 Asean Response Fund and the encouragement for development of regional reserves of medical supplies as well as utilising relevant Asean reserve warehouses to support the needs of Asean Member States in public health emergencies.
Measures taken to protect public health must ensure that all persons at risk or infected by Covid-19, including women, children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, migrant workers, and vulnerable and marginalised groups, can also access essential healthcare services. We highlight the importance of promoting and protecting human rights while combatting Covid-19 pandemic, including economic, social, civil and political rights and rights of vulnerable groups.
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