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Meetup 17 : Thursday, November 02 at 1 pm Geneva Time – 8 am US Eastern time- 12 pm London time

Restricting rights in the name of health

During COVID, almost every country in the world implemented unprecedented and wide-ranging measures to control and prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, from quarantines, emergency orders, lockdowns to travel restrictions. In almost all countries, these measures significantly restricted human rights to free movement, assembly, privacy, health, food, education, and social security. While a global health emergency of this nature clearly merited an exceptional response, policy-makers rarely considered human rights criteria for such restrictions. Nor were COVID-related disruptions to health and social welfare generally understood as limitations of the economic, social, and cultural rights they often severely impacted. At the same time, anti-scientific views saw the very existence of the COVID pandemic disputed so that in many places, any pandemic measure was disputed as either necessary or proportionate. The pandemic thus raised pressing questions: about what COVID taught us about the extent to which human rights can and should be limited during a crisis; about collective obligations correlative to human rights; and about the relative dearth of attention to limitations of economic, social, and cultural rights during COVID. This panel brings together a range of human rights scholars to engage in a broad-ranging discussion on these and other questions.

Chair: Sally Davies

Editor, Aeon magazine

sally.davies@aeon.co

David Carter

Scientia Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Law & Justice, University of New South Wales.

David.Carter@uts.edu.au

Lisa Forman

Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Global Health Equity, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.

lisa.forman@utoronto.ca

Calvin Ho

Dr, Associate Professor of Department of Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR of the People’s

Republic of China

cwlho@hku.hk

Katie Young

Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Faculty and Global Programs, Boston College Law School.

katie.young@bc.edu

Brocher Meetup Replays

Special Edition # 1 | 13 November 2020 | The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Humanitarian Crisis

For this special edition, we received:

Karl Blanchet Professor @ Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
Joanne Liù Doctor @ University of Montreal
Antoine Flahault Professor @ University of Geneva
Ciara Staunton Doctor @ Middlesex University of London as moderator

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# 1 | 28 January 2021 | Covid and bioethics; What role have bioethicists have played in forming policy, what have we learned so far and how best to be constructive going forward

For this first Brocher Meetup, we received:

Arthur Caplan Professor @ NYU Grossmann School of Medicine
Kiarash Aramesh Assistant Professor @ Edinboro University
Thomas Douglas Professor @ University of Oxford
Jan Heldge Solbakk Professor @ University of Oslo
Yeyang Su Doctor@ Chinese Academy of Sciences of Beijing

Related Bibliography:

Kupferschmidt, K. (2020) WHO unveils global plan to fairly distribute COVID-19 vaccine, but challenges await. Science ( Link) | World Health Organization (2020) WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination, 14 September 2020 (Link) | COVAX – Working for global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines (Link)

Initiatives from South Africa and India in calling for the IP reform to facilitate access to vaccines in less resourceful countries. Usher, A. D. (2020) South Africa and India push for COVID-19 patents ban. The Lancet. [Online] 396 (10265), 1790–1791.
Springer article (Link)

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# 2 | 11 February 2021 | Priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination: Ethics, policy and practice in select jurisdictions

For this second Brocher Meetup, we received:

Françoise Baylis Professor @ Dalhousie University
Gaia Barazzetti Senior Researcher @ University of Lausanne
Angus Clarke Professor @ Cardiff University
Bjorn Hoffman Professor @ University of Oslo
Jan Eerik Leppänen PhD Researcher @ Felm NGO

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# 3 | 25 February 2021 | From your perspective, what has been your country's greatest or most unexpected challenge or unintended consequence in relation to Covid-19?

For this third Brocher Meetup, we received:

Diane B. Paul Professor @ University Massachusetts Boston
Meredith Temple Smith Professor @ University of Melbourne
Ruth Chadwick Professor Emerita @ Cardiff University
Flis Henwood Professor @ University of Brighton
Alexandre McClelland Assistant Professor @ Carleton University
Brigìda Riso PhD @ CIES-iscte, Lisbon
Priya Satalkar Dr @ Ghent University
Denise Steers Dr @ University of Otago
Mary Jean Walker Dr @ La Trobe University

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# 4 | 11 March 2021 | What Have We Learned About COVID Preparedness so Far, and Where Does Bioethics Leads Us?

For this fourth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Barry R. Furrow Professor @ Drexel University
Robert Cook-Deagan Professor @ Arizona State University
Dena S. Davies Professor @ Lehigh University
Stefan Ecks Doctor @ University of Edinburgh
Reed Pyeritz Professor @ University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Leigh E. Rich Professor @ Georgia Southern University

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# 5 | 25 March 2021 | Covid and its impact on the ethics of pandemic surveillance

For this fith Brocher Meetup, we received:

Bertrand Taithe Professor @ The University of Manchester
Michael Bartos Honorary Associate Professor @ Australian National University
Lukas Engelmann Doctor @ The University of Edinburgh
Alain Giami Emeritus Research Professor @ INSERM France
Adam Henschke Doctor @ National Security College, College of Asia and the Pacific
Christos Lynteris Doctor @ University of St Andrews
Benjamin Mason Meier Associate Professor @ University of North California
Monika Sawhney Associate Professor @ University of North California

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# 6 | 29 April 2021 | Mandating Covid-19 Vaccination Certificates and Passports: Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

For this sixth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Ruth Macklin Professor @ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Sharon Bassan @ DePaul University College of Law, Chicago
Diego S. Silva Lecture @ The University of Sydney School of Public Health
Maxwell J. Smith Assistant Professor @ Western University, London, Ontario

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# 7 | 27 May 2021 | Justice in an Unjust World: COVID -19 and Global Justice

For this seventh Brocher Meetup, we received:

Laurie Zoloth Professor @ The University of Chigago
Anna Berti Suman @ Tilburg University, Institute for law
Tereza Hendl Research Associate @ University in Munich
Euzebiusz Jamrozik Dr @ University of Oxford
Ali Kazemian Chair & Assistant Professor @ Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Prevan Moodley Senior Researcher @ University of Johannesburg
William Ollier Emeritus Professor @ University of Manchester
Ruud ter Meulen Emeritus Professor @ University of Bristol
John Noël Vina Dr @ The Australian National University

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# 8 | 8 July 2021 | Visions of a post-pandemic world

For this eight Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
Diane B. Paul Professor @ University of Massachusetts Boston | Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Arthur Caplan Professor @ NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Barry R. Furrow Professor @ Drexel University
Ruth Macklin Emeritus Professor @ Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bertrand Taithe Professor @ The University of Manchester
Laurie Zoloth Professor @ The University of Chicago

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# 9 | 22 September 2021 | The Ethics of organoids

For this ninth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
Alysson R. Muotri Dr, Professor @ University of California San Diego
Jan Helge Solbakk Professor @ University of Oslo

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# 10 | 8 December 2021 | The Past, Present, and Future of Human Experimentation: Research Ethics after Covid-19

For this tenth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
Andreas Frewer Professor @ Friedrich-Alexander University
Otmar Kloiber Dr @ World Medical Association
Ulf Schmidt Professor @ University of Hamburg
Dominique Sprumont Professor @ Institute of Health Law, Federal Office of Public Health

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# 11 | 17 March 2022 | Is humanitarianism fit for purpose? Ethical considerations on humanitarian practices from a practitioner and historical perspective

For this eleventh Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
Carloline Abu Sa’da Director @ Swiss SOS Méditerranée
Karl Blanchet Professor @ Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies
Bertrand Taithe Professor @ The University of Manchester

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# 12 | 31 May 2022 | Navigating the surrogacy labyrinth: the ethical, legal and psychological dimensions for children

For this twelfth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
Mia Dambach @ Child Identity Protection
Géraldine Mathiew Professor @ University of Namur
Sharon Pettle Dr @ University College London

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#13 | 14 November 2022 | Ethical and legal complexities in genomic data sharing in consortia: reflections from Asia, Africa and Europe.

For this twelfth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
Ciara Staunton @ Eurac Research
Calvin Ho @ University of Hong Kong
Deborah Mascalzoni @ Eurac Research
Paulina Tindana @ University of Ghana School of Public Health
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# 14 | 02 March 2023 | Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: The Ethics of Benefit-Cost Analysis.

For this fourteenth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine

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# 15 | 12 June 2023 | Exploring Moral Resilience and Ethical Practice Across Cultures.

For this fourteenth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
Cynda Hylton Rushton @ Johns Hopkins University
Ingrid Miljeteig @ University of Bergen
Rachel Chikondi @ Lilongwe Institute of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery (LION)

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# 16 | 21 August 2023 | Three approaches to Death and Dying: Japanese, Sub-Saharan African and American.

For this fourteenth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine
Nancy S. Jecker, PhD @ University of Washington
Miho Tanaka, MPH @ Japan Medical Association Research Institute
Gail Van Norman @ University of Washington

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Brocher Meetups Live

Brocher Meetup Replays

Special Edition # 1 | 13 November 2020 | The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Humanitarian Crisis

# 1 | 28 January 2021 | Covid and bioethics; What role have bioethicists have played in forming policy, what have we learned so far and how best to be constructive going forward

For this first Brocher Meetup, we received:

Arthur Caplan Professor @ NYU Grossmann School of Medicine

Kiarash Aramesh Assistant Professor @ Edinboro University

Thomas Douglas Professor @ University of Oxford

Jan Heldge Solbakk Professor @ University of Oslo

Yeyang Su Doctor@ Chinese Academy of Sciences of Beijing

Related Bibliography:

Initiatives from South Africa and India in calling for the IP reform to facilitate access to vaccines in less resourceful countries. Usher, A. D. (2020) South Africa and India push for COVID-19 patents ban. The Lancet. [Online] 396 (10265), 1790–1791.

Springer article (Link)

# 2 | 11 February 2021 | Priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination: Ethics, policy and practice in select jurisdictions

For this second Brocher Meetup, we received:

Françoise Baylis Professor @ Dalhousie University

Gaia Barazzetti Senior Researcher @ University of Lausanne

Angus Clarke Professor @ Cardiff University

Bjorn Hoffman Professor @ University of Oslo

Jan Eerik Leppänen PhD Researcher @ Felm NGO

# 3 | 25 February 2021 | From your perspective, what has been your country's greatest or most unexpected challenge or unintended consequence in relation to Covid-19?

For this third Brocher Meetup, we received:

Diane B. Paul Professor @ University Massachusetts Boston

Meredith Temple Smith Professor @ University of Melbourne

Ruth Chadwick Professor Emerita @ Cardiff University

Flis Henwood Professor @ University of Brighton

Alexandre McClelland Assistant Professor @ Carleton University

Brigìda Riso PhD @ CIES-iscte, Lisbon

Priya Satalkar Dr @ Ghent University

Denise Steers Dr @ University of Otago

Mary Jean Walker Dr @ La Trobe University

# 4 | 11 March 2021 | What Have We Learned About COVID Preparedness so Far, and Where Does Bioethics Leads Us?

For this fourth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Barry R. Furrow Professor @ Drexel University

Robert Cook-Deagan Professor @ Arizona State University

Dena S. Davies Professor @ Lehigh University

Stefan Ecks Doctor @ University of Edinburgh

Reed Pyeritz Professor @ University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Leigh E. Rich Professor @ Georgia Southern University

For this fith Brocher Meetup, we received:

Bertrand Taithe Professor @ The University of Manchester

Michael Bartos Honorary Associate Professor @ Australian National University

Lukas Engelmann Doctor @ The University of Edinburgh

Alain Giami Emeritus Research Professor @ INSERM France

Adam Henschke Doctor @ National Security College, College of Asia and the Pacific

Christos Lynteris Doctor @ University of St Andrews

Benjamin Mason Meier Associate Professor @ University of North California

Monika Sawhney Associate Professor @ University of North California

# 6 | 29 April 2021 | Mandating Covid-19 Vaccination Certificates and Passports: Benefits, Risks, and Challenges

For this sixth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Ruth Macklin Professor @ Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

Sharon Bassan @ DePaul University College of Law, Chicago

Diego S. Silva Lecture @ The University of Sydney School of Public Health

Maxwell J. Smith Assistant Professor @ Western University, London, Ontario

# 7 | 27 May 2021 | Justice in an Unjust World: COVID -19 and Global Justice

For this seventh Brocher Meetup, we received:

Laurie Zoloth Professor @ The University of Chigago

Anna Berti Suman @ Tilburg University, Institute for law

Tereza Hendl Research Associate @ University in Munich

Euzebiusz Jamrozik Dr @ University of Oxford

Ali Kazemian Chair & Assistant Professor @ Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Prevan Moodley Senior Researcher @ University of Johannesburg

William Ollier Emeritus Professor @ University of Manchester

Ruud ter Meulen Emeritus Professor @ University of Bristol

John Noël Vina Dr @ The Australian National University

# 8 | 8 July 2021 | Visions of a post-pandemic world

For this eight Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine

Diane B. Paul Professor @ University of Massachusetts Boston | Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Arthur Caplan Professor @ NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Barry R. Furrow Professor @ Drexel University

Ruth Macklin Emeritus Professor @ Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bertrand Taithe Professor @ The University of Manchester

Laurie Zoloth Professor @ The University of Chicago

# 9 | 22 September 2021 | The Ethics of organoids

For this ninth Brocher Meetup, we received:

Sally Davies Editor @ Aeon Magazine

Alysson R. Muotri Dr, Professor @ University of California San Diego

Jan Helge Solbakk Professor @ University of Oslo

# 10 | 8 December 2021 | The Past, Present, and Future of Human Experimentation: Research Ethics after Covid-19