See also: Coronavirus and the Rule of Law related sites
WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency. Jennifer Rigby and Bhanvi Satija, Reuters, May 5, 2023
CDC ends recommendations for social distancing and quarantine for Covid-19 control, no longer recommends test-to-stay in schools. Brenda Goodman and Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, August 11, 2022
Shanghai reopens some public transport, still on high COVID alert. Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard, Reuters, May 22, 2022
Israel to Lift COVID State of Emergency Next Week. Jonathan Lis, Haaretz, Feb. 23, 2022
Canada’s Trudeau invokes emergency powers in bid to end protests. Steve Scherer, David Ljunggren and Nichola Saminather, Reuters, Feb. 15, 2022
Canada Trucker Protest: Despite Court Order, Canada Protesters Are Still Blocking Key Border Bridge. The New York Times, Feb. 12, 2022
Beijing locks down office building with workers still inside after single Omicron case detected. Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, January 17, 2022
Covid-19: Omicron spreading at lightning speed – French PM. BBC News, Dec.19, 2021
Austria brings back COVID-19 lockdown, this time for the unvaccinated. Francois Murphy, Reuters, Nov.14,2021
Editorial — Back to normal: NY state lets emergency powers expire following pandemic. NY state lets emergency powers expire following pandemic. The Daily News, Jun 29, 2021
Melbourne lockdown: Fears over outbreak sparks restrictions. BBC News, 27 June, 2021
Germany Covid: MPs back new lockdown law as protest is broken up. BBC News, April 21, 2021
State lawmakers take aim at the emergency powers governors have relied on in the pandemic. Michael Wines, The New York Times, March 27, 2021
Covid: Arrests during anti-lockdown protests in London. Sarah Everard case, BBC, March 20, 2020
Covid-19: Dutch police break up anti-lockdown protest. BBC news, March 14, 2021
Families of Covid victims to sue Boris Johnson. The Sunday Times, March 07 2021
Vaccine Passports, Covid’s Next Political Flash Point. Max Fisher, New York Times, March 2, 2021
I Got Covid at Rikers. I’m Still Suffering. What happened in prisons during this pandemic is criminal. Michele Evans, The New York Times – Opinion, Feb. 4, 2021
See also a related class action in Oregon: https://www.courtlistener.com/
Ambush lockdowns: Hong Kong tries radical Covid testing strategy. Helen Davidson, The Guardians, 3 February, 2021
Brexit: EU introduces controls on vaccines to Northern Ireland. John Campbell, BBC News, January 30, 2021
Third national lockdown announced in England amid coronavirus surge driven by variant strain. Karla Adam, Jennifer Hassan and Ben Guarino, The Washington Post, Jan. 5, 2021
Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers. Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza, The Guardian, 3 Jan 2021
US accused of using Covid as excuse to deny children their right to asylum. Jeff Abbott in Guatemala City, The Guardian, 10 Nov 2020
Covid: What are the lockdown rules in place across Europe? BBC, November 6, 2020
Covid-19: Protests as Argentina’s cases pass 900,000. BBC, October 14, 2020
Panic and confusion permeate White House after Trump’s Covid diagnosis. David Smith in Washington, The Guardian, 4 Oct. 2020
Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi says yeshiva students shouldn’t take COVID-19 tests. Times of Israel, September 2, 2020
How Hurricane Evacuation Can Spread the Coronavirus. Linda Poon,Bloomberg CityLab, August 25, 2020.
What is the state of emergency and why does Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews want to extend it? Erin Handley and staff, ABC News, August 23, 2020
New Israeli law to allow compulsory job recruitment in case of emergency. Omri Ron, Jerusalem Post, August 4,2020
Coronavirus: Victoria declares state of disaster after spike in cases. BBC News, August 2, 2020
Police: ‘Israel is in a state of social chaos’. “At some point, they began attacking [protesters] with knives, bats and glass bottles.”. Leon Sverdlov, Jerusalem Post, August 1, 2020
Knesset approves ‘Big Coronavirus Law,’ giving gov’t more power. Tobias Siegal, Jerusalem Post, July 23, 2020
Knesset cmte convenes to expedite controversial coronavirus legislation. Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar: This is how dictatorships are created. Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post, July 20, 2020
Trump is a bigot and a hypocrite, but he’s right to condemn China. Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian, 11 July, 2020
Israel Lost Control of the Coronavirus Crisis. There’s Only One Thing It Can Do Now. Meirav Arlosoroff, Haaretz, July 9, 2020
Did passing emergency coronavirus law kill the Knesset? All flushed down the toilet in a period of hours on Monday.All flushed down the toilet in a period of hours on Monday. Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, July 8, 2020
Israel’s Failed Pandemic Governmen. Haaretz Editorial, June 30, 2020
Knesset puts brakes on coronavirus emergency measures. Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, June 23,2020
Hungary’s COVID-19 Emergency Bill Opens a Legal and Political Pandora’s Box. Mateo Daza, The McGill International Review, June 21, 2020
Joint Knesset committee recommends extending national emergency to 2021.. Jerusalem Post, June 2, 2020
Gov’t Brushes Off NGO Criticism for ‘Not Actually Ending Emergency Powers’.Fanni Kaszás, Hungary Today, May 28, 2020
Hungarian Abuse of Constitutional Emergency Regimes – Also in the Light of the COVID-19 Crisis. Tímea Drinóczi, Working paper, 30 April 2020.
The legal framework behind the lockdown (India). Rahul Gul, National Herald, 6 May 2020,
Necessary or not? The LDP’s proposed emergency powers clause for the Constitution. Eric Johnston, Japan Times, May 3, 2020
Trump Has Emergency Powers We Aren’t Allowed to Know About. Elizabeth Goitein and Andrew Boyle, The New York Times, Opinion. April 10, 2020
See also:
A Guide to Emergency Powers and Their Use. The 136 statutory powers that may become available to the president upon declaration of a national emergency. The Brennan Center for Justice, Published Dec., 5 2018, updated Sep. 4. 2019
How Viktor Orbán Used the Coronavirus to Seize More Power. Elisabeth Zerofsky, The New Yorker, April 9, 2020
Court allows Texas to ban most abortions during coronavirus crisis. Associated Press, April 7, 2020
How to Force the White House to Keep Us Safe in a Pandemic. Only Congress can fix this problemOnly Congress can fix this problem. Jonathan Gould and David Pozen, Slate. April 6, 2020
Coronavirus: Japan to declare an emergency as Tokyo cases soar. BBC News, April ,6, 2020
NRA suing New York for deeming gun stores non-essential businesses during coronavirus pandemic. Erica Orden, CNN, April 4, 2020
Gun rights group sues L.A. over closure of firearms stores during coronavirus. Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2020
Deep concern over coronavirus emergency powers. BBC News, Guy de Launey, April 2,2020
Texas pastors demand a “religious liberty” exemption to coronavirus stay-at-home orders. Ian Millhiser, Vox, Apr 1, 2020,
‘Coronavirus coup’? As outbreak grows, authoritarians around the world seize the moment. Laura King, Los Angeles Times. Mar. 31, 2020
UN tackles ‘infodemic’ of misinformation and cybercrime in COVID-19 crisis. The United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC), 31 March 2020
Coronavirus in the US: How all 50 states are responding to this public health emergency. Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, Mar. 31, 2020
Pandemic dilemma: Emergency surveillance won’t be easy to unplug. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Monitor, Mar. 30, 2020
The rule of law in times of crisis: Covid-19 and the state of disaster. Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, The Times & Guardian, 29 Mar 2020.
Steps limited for Japanese government even if it declares state of emergency over coronavirus. Satoshi Sugiyama, The Japan Times, Mar 29, 2020.
Stanford Law’s Bernadette Meyler on Executive Power in Times of Crisis. Bernadette Meyler, Q&A with Sharon Driscoll, Stanford Law School Blogs. Mar. 25, 2020
IMF (International Monetary Fund): Policy responses to COVID-19, March 25, 2020
UK wakes up to virtual coronavirus lockdown, as PM Johnson declares ‘moment of national emergency’. Guy Davies, abc News, 24 March 2020
Judicial review of digital tracking measures in coronavirus outbreak. Niva Elkin-Koren, Internet Policy Review, 20 Mar 2020
The rule of law in the time of coronavirus outbreak. Niva Elkin-Koren, Internet Policy Review, 18 Mar 2020
UK wakes up to virtual coronavirus lockdown, as PM Johnson declares ‘moment of national emergency’. Guy Davies ABC News, 24 March 2020,Netanyahu Announces Enforcement of Emergency Measures to Ensure Coronavirus Lockdown; Israel’s top court: No Shin Bet tracking without Knesset oversight ; Israeli army prepares to assist in enforcement of measuresץ Haaretz, March 19, 2020
Is Netanyahu’s emergency coronavirus order legal? – analysis. Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, March 15, 2020
Israel to use anti-terror tech to counter coronavirus ‘invisible enemy’. Reuters, March 15, 2020
Trump Declared an Emergency Over Coronavirus. Here’s What It Can Do. Charlie Savage, New York Times, March 13, 2020
Britain’s Coronavirus Bill will be rushed through in TWO WEEKS: Emergency laws to give emergency services and authorities sweeping new powers to tackle pandemic will be in place before end of March. David Wilcock, Daily Mail, 13 March 2020
Trump declares a national emergency to combat coronavirus. Kevin Liptak, CNN, March 13, 2020
What will Abe’s amended law for a national emergency mean in practice? Eric Johnston, Japan Times, March 10, 2020
Coronavirus live updates: World Health Organization declares coronavirus outbreak a ‘pandemic’. Morgan Winsor and Julia Jacobo, abc news, 11 March 2020
Can the U.S. Outpace Disease Outbreaks? Milad Emamian, Emily Galik, Allie Gottlieb, Lynn McDonough, and Lila Sevenerת The regulatory Review, March 7, 2020
House Passes $8.3 Billion Bill to Battle Coronavirus. Andrew Duehren, Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2020
New Law Expands Cuomo’s Power During Coronavirus Outbreak. Jimmy Vielkind, The Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2020
FEMA preparing for possible coronavirus emergency declaration. Laura Strickler and Suzy Khimm, NBC News, March 2, 2020
Coronavirus: Death toll rises to 82 as China extends holiday. BBC, January 27, 2020
Coronavirus declared global health emergency by WHO. BBC, January 31,2020
Chinese cities cancel New Year celebrations, travel ban widens in effort to stop coronavirus outbreak. Anna Fifield and Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, Jan. 24, 2020
China coronavirus: Lockdown measures rise across Hubei province. BBC News, 23 January 2020
