Impoverishment of the Poor and Derogation of Human Rights During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia: Testing the Emergency Measure and Siracusa Principles in Large-Scale Social Restriction

• Published in: Journal of Human Rights and Social Work
• Main Author: Tampubolon M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2022
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85110564415&doi=10.1007%2fs41134-021-00174-0&partnerID=40&md5=af87e1d49d39b9b92a02cb7aa1b8c5c8

This study examines human rights restrictions in the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (or PSBB) during the Covid-19 outbreak in Indonesia that do not follow the Siracusa Principles emergency measure and limitation clause. PSBB resulted in a prolonged human rights crisis due to ineffective policies, manipulated data, and inadequate medical equipment. The author discusses the impact of Large-Scale Social Restrictions on socio-economic and socio-political rights and the government’s failure to overcome the Covid-19 outbreak with an interdisciplinary perspective. Findings from studies on the number of Covid-19 cases contracted and the high mortality rate are also presented. This study notes the consequences and the relationship between the ineffectiveness of Large-Scale Social Restrictions and human misery. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.