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COVID19 PANDEMIC AND THE DEROGATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS   Olalekan Olayode and Adekunle Abiona Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, various governments have enforced lockdown and stay at home orders in an attempt to curb the spread of the deadly virus which has killed thousands of people worldwide. Citizens have been ordered to stay at home with majority of such orders allowing for the movement of essential goods and services only. This has of course led to   to various arguments as to the legality of such lockdown orders as it curtails the freedom of movement as well as the right to work. This Article seeks to examine the legality or otherwise of such lockdowns under International Human Rights Law. In a bid to enforce this stay at home order, there have been several violations of the human rights of people in several countries. In India, baton-wielding police have been reportedly seen  beating those who flout the orders o...

The first time I conceived the idea to write on this topic, I had a beautiful introduction in my head, unfortunately I didn't pen it down, so I don't recollect the exact words that would have started this piece. However, it's not only safe but certainly not out of place to assume that we all know something or have heard something about the invincible virus which has bedeviled our itinerary and has placed so many activities on indefinite hold for few weeks now. I sincerely hope the control of the aftermath of the pandemic would be much easier than prevention of its spread and its treatment without a known and accepted vaccine up till now. Over the years, government at all levels have failed to provide state of the art medical facilities which would have been a run to arsenal in the war against corona virus and which would have helped in no small measure in the containment of the virus. I have observed people's reactions since the outbreak. I have noted that many...