Abstract:
This research paper applies the analytical descriptive approach to address a topic of
international concern, as the topic is likely to reoccur in the future.
This issue deals with the rights concerning the prevention and treatment of the emerging
coronavirus disease "Covid-19", and the legal issues concerning human rights, the
compatibility and suitability of long-standing procedures applied by countries in the context
of our new reality. The paper aims at identifying the challenges of the adequacy of the
contents of these rights to this reality. In addition, the paper is examining the conflicting
rights and attempt to achieve the needed balance in the light of relevant established rules, as
well as judicial decisions.
This paper proposes specific recommendations to determine the necessary rights for
the prevention and treatment of the emerging disease “Covid-19". This is based on our
examination of the procedural controls and conditions restricting rights and freedoms to
prevent this disease, and the extent to which material capabilities affect the duties of states
in this regard; and the issue of international cooperation in this field, the principle of equality
during the Corona pandemic. Add to that, the issue of treatment by consent and by force, and
the problem of monopolizing treatments and vaccines for this disease.
