Is Religious Intolerance Good for Your Health?: Reflections on Korea and covid-19
Abstract Legal responses to the covid -19 pandemic have varied widely. Korea represents an interesting case study, as it seemed particularly well prepared, having enacted legislation in the wake of the mers outbreak, in 2015, to tackle future pandemics. This obviated recourse to emergency powers leg...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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2020
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Journal of law, religion and state
Année: 2020, Volume: 8, Numéro: 2/3, Pages: 201-227 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Korea
/ État
/ Covid-19
/ Pandémie
/ Infection
/ Protection
/ Nouvelles religions
/ Intolérance
/ Liberté religieuse
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AB Philosophie de la religion AD Sociologie des religions AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux KBM Asie KDH Sectes d’origine chrétienne XA Droit ZC Politique en général |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
International Law
B Proportionality B Covid-19 B non-discrimination B Human Rights B emergency powers B Korea |
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| Résumé: | Abstract Legal responses to the covid -19 pandemic have varied widely. Korea represents an interesting case study, as it seemed particularly well prepared, having enacted legislation in the wake of the mers outbreak, in 2015, to tackle future pandemics. This obviated recourse to emergency powers legislation, and couched Korea’s response in normal legislation, which tends to raise fewer human rights concerns than may arise under emergency measures. Despite this, however, Korea’s response to covid -19 raises significant questions about its compliance with core human rights norms under the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, including freedom of religion and non-discrimination. These arose with regard to the state’s treatmennt of members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus ( scj ), a relatively small, occasionally controversial, religious group. The treatment of the scj by the Korean state raises questions about whether its legal approach to tackling covid -19 was fit for purpose. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-4810 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of law, religion and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22124810-2020012 |