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How is the pandemic affecting democracy?

Compilation of some studies that shed light on the issue of democracy's impact on the pandemic.

Av Brit Stakston 31 januari, 2021

On Sunday 31 January, we will discuss how democracy has been affected by democracy in a room in the Clubhouse App. Here is a link to that discussion. Welcome!

Below is a list of different resources that are already available on this topic. We put them here as a service to those who participated in the Clubhouse discussion. Let us know if you have more reports we should include in this list.

DEMOCRACY & HUMAN RIGHTS

Freedom House Democracy under lockdown

IDEA Covid-19 and Democracy

Blankspot article in Swedish based on the findings in the report above from Freedom House: Ny rapport: Viruset gav regeringar tillfälle att förgöra det demokratiska utrymmet

Koffi Annan Foundation: Democracy in the time of Covid-19

Civil Rights Defender: Human Rights in a Pandemic

The Africa Report (Ethiopia): Ethiopia delays elections: Is COVID a valid excuse?

More from Blankspot on democracy and human rights: Articles in Swedish regarding democracy vs pandemic

Pandemin är demokratins chans

Virusval- om inställda och uppskjutna val i världen

Reflektion ger utrymme för revolution

Andnöd för den ungerska demokratin

Det sprids en auktoritär smitta

Så skadar pandemin demokratin i världen

Är kampen mot viruset överordnat demokratin?

EDUCATION

OECD The impact of Covid-19 on Education

Human Rights Watch Impact of Covid-19 on Children’s Education in Africa

Blankspot: Article in Swedish based upon the two reports above: Så drabbar viruset utbildningen för världens barn

FOOD, HEALTH & SURVEILLANCE

International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), Covid-19

Food:

Blankspot: Article in Swedish about the reports from IFAD: FN-chefen, Efter pandemin står vi inför en massiv matkris – men den går att lösa

The University of Akron: Pandemic Surveillance –the new predictive policing

Blankspot: Article in Swedish about finding the right balance between surveillance and fighting Covid-19: Data i folkhälsans tjänst riskerar att bli osund övervakning

Vaccine:

ICC: Study shows vaccine nationalism could cost rich countries US$4.5 trillion

Sabin vaccination institute and The Aspen institute: Meeting the challenge of Vaccine hesitancy

Blankspot: Articles in Swedish:

Resan mot global immunitet är inledd men kan ta längre tid än förväntat

Därför blir antivaxx-budskap virala

WHO-chefen: Världen står inför en moralisk bankrutt

MEDIA & CULTURE

Human Rights Council: Disease pandemics and the freedom of opinion and expression

Blankspot, Article in Swedish based upon the report above: Utan yttrandefrihet bekämpas inte pandemin

OECD: Culture Shock – COVID-19 and the cultural and creative sectors

Restart- 19: The Risk of Indoor Sports and Culture Events for the Transmission of COVID-19

Blankspot: Article in Swedish based upon the two reports above: Kulturen i coronavirusets ruiner – kommer den någonsin att återuppstå?

Swedish reports:

Myndigheten för radio, press och tv: Svenska nyhetsvanor i normaltider och i kristider

Blankspot: Article in Swedish based upon the report above: Så påverkar pandemin nyhetskonsumtionen

TIJ: Sweden refuses to lock down. But why?

Av Brit Stakston