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COVID-19: Restricting Relief to Taxpayers – A Matter of (Tax) Justice Gone Wrong?
Blogpost on COVID-19 and taxation by Jur. Dr. Yvette Lind, Assistant Professor in Tax Law at Copenhagen Business School.
At present, states have begun to focus on how to not only financially survive the pandemic but also how to … Continue reading » “COVID-19: Restricting Relief to Taxpayers – A Matter of (Tax) Justice Gone Wrong?”
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COVID-19: Human Rights-Based Reflections on Displacement and Disease
This blog post considers human rights dimensions at the intersection of displacement and disease, in light of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Written by Matthew Scott, Head of People on the Move Thematic Area.
The post considers the impact … Continue reading » “COVID-19: Human Rights-Based Reflections on Displacement and Disease”
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COVID-19: Intersectional Lessons
Blogpost on COVID-19 and intersectional lessons by Professor Gerard Quinn, Raoul Wallenberg Chair of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
A quick search for ‘intersectionality’ on Google reveals over 13 million results! As a concept it remains wooly and purely … Continue reading » “COVID-19: Intersectional Lessons”
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COVID-19: Rights and Resilience in Our Food Systems
Amanda Lyons, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota Law School, writes on the widespread disruptions to our food systems and the human-rights implications.
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COVID-19: Gender And Access To Human Rights
Sebnem Kenis, Senior Policy Advisor (Gender and Human Rights), Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) & Policy Leader Fellow, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute (EUI)
The Covid-19 crisis affects people differently due to already existing structural inequalities, power asymmetries, … Continue reading » “COVID-19: Gender And Access To Human Rights”
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COVID-19: Individual Risk Perception & Governments’ Decision Making
Lejla Sunagic, PhD student, is working on a project that aims to better understand how Syrian refugees in the Middle East make decisions on whether to stay in the first countries of asylum or move forward.
Despite the WHO’s … Continue reading » “COVID-19: Individual Risk Perception & Governments’ Decision Making”
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COVID-19: Disproportionally Hits Segregated Communities
Blogpost on COVID-19 and segregated communities by Michael McEachrane, Visiting Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights.
Across the world, the infection, lockdown and economic ramifications of COVID-19 are disproportionally affecting Black and Brown people. This is … Continue reading » “COVID-19: Disproportionally Hits Segregated Communities”
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COVID-19: Social Entrepreneurship
Blogpost on COVID-19 and social entrepreneurship by Jasna Pocek, Postdoctoral Researcher, Sten K Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship, Lund University School of Economics and Management.
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