nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200707-224811-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200707s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200707-224811-0 doi eng 342 23 Binder, Christina Author aut To Vote or Not to Vote? - An International Human Rights Perspective on Elections in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic Binder, Christina Verfassungsblog 2020-07-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The COVID-19 pandemic poses considerable challenges to democracies across the world. This is particularly apparent with regard to the holding of elections which states have approached in various ways. States face the following tension: On the one hand, the obligation to protect the rights to health and life requires states to limit the spread of the pandemic by reducing human-to-human contact. At the same time, these measures encroach upon the right to political participation. Against that background, an intricate balancing of the various interests in light of international human rights law seems necessary. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 COVID 19 international human rights right to health Right to Vote Drnovsky, Adam Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/to-vote-or-not-to-vote/ raw object