To Vote or Not to Vote? - An International Human Rights Perspective on Elections in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

To Vote or Not to Vote? - An International Human Rights Perspective on Elections in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic Binder, Christina Author aut Drnovsky, Adam Author aut Text xx# 2020 Verfassungsblog 2020-07-07 eng 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 Binder, Christina COVID 19 international human rights right to health Right to Vote 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/to-vote-or-not-to-vote/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20200707-224811-0 200707 10.17176/20200707-224811-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)