OHCHR / TICHY-FISSLBERGER COVID-19

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, said the COVID-19 crisis “has unexpectedly thrown the global community into unchartered waters,” and has become “a magnifying glass of human rights issues.” UNTV CH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:20
• Production Date: 9 April 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: MICHELLE BACHELET JERIA
• Corporate Name: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE - HRC; OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMY; HUMAN RIGHTS
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• Parent Id: 2542832
• Alternate Title: unifeed200409d

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STORY: OHCHR / TICHY-FISSLBERGER COVID-19
TRT: 01:17
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 09 APRIL 2020 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE

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FILE - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, exterior Palais des Nations

09 APRIL 2020 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. SOUNDBITE (English): Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger President of Human Rights Council:
“The COVID-19 crisis is what some call a black swan. It has unexpectedly thrown the global community into unchartered waters. We are witnessing a disruption of societies and economies affecting every corner of the globe. The Council’s Special Procedures have been very active, publishing news releases and recommendations almost every day. They looked at the crisis from a variety of angles, raising everybody’s awareness to the fact that this crisis is in a way a magnifying glass of human rights issues. Mandate holders have insisted – among other things - on increased risks for vulnerable groups: older people, persons with disabilities, minorities, indigenous peoples, refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, internally displaced persons, detainees, homeless people, those living in poverty or in regions which are already facing humanitarian crisis. These days societies have to make excruciating trade-offs between saving lives and livelihoods, between health on the one hand and privacy, the freedom of movement and the right to peaceful assemblies on the other hand, and many more.”

Storyline

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, today (9 Apr) said the COVID-19 crisis “has unexpectedly thrown the global community into unchartered waters,” and has become “a magnifying glass of human rights issues.”

Addressing a virtual briefing the Council on COVID-19, Tichy-Fisslberger said “mandate holders have insisted – among other things - on increased risks for vulnerable groups: older people, persons with disabilities, minorities, indigenous peoples, refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, internally displaced persons, detainees, homeless people, those living in poverty or in regions which are already facing humanitarian crisis.”

She said, “these days societies have to make excruciating trade-offs between saving lives and livelihoods, between health on the one hand and privacy, the freedom of movement and the right to peaceful assemblies on the other hand, and many more.”

Today’s virtual meeting, the first of its kind, included High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, and discussed the COVID-19 crisis and how it affects human rights around the world.