(travel bans/lockdowns/quarantines) have affected the right to work or the right to education
for those who have no access to alternative employment or schooling from home.
Human rights are interdependent, meaning that the ability to exercise one right often depends
on the fulfilment of other human rights. Likewise, when one human right is denied, it will negatively impact on other rights. Consider, for example, the situation of a woman who is subjected
to domestic violence by her partner during a lockdown or quarantine period. Her right to be
free from such violence (the right to security of person and the right to life) depends not only
on her ability to leave a violent situation (freedom of movement) but also on her exercising a
host of other rights, such as:
Freedom of
movement
Right to
legal
protection
Right to be
free from
violence
Right to
social
protection
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