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- Title
Keeping Track of the Risks of Contact Tracing: An International Law Analysis of Contact Tracing in New Zealand and the Prospect of Cross-Border Contact Tracing.
- Authors
PIGOU, KATHERINE
- Abstract
Contact tracing is a common public health surveillance tool used to combat the current global pandemic, COVID-19. This article explores whether the practice of contact tracing can be reconciled with other legal obligations at international law to ensure the protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms. The implementation of contact tracing by States is consistent with international law obligations under the International Health Regulations 2005, human rights law, the duty to prevent transboundary harm and the precautionary principle. However, contact tracing poses a significant threat to privacy, with data protection and surveillance concerns. Contact tracing in New Zealand serves as a case study to explore whether these tensions can be resolved. This article argues that New Zealand's contact tracing system is imperfect but nevertheless provides hope that contact tracing can uphold public health while also mitigating privacy concerns. From an international law perspective, cross-border contact tracing should be implemented by States in the global response to COVID-19.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; CONTACT tracing; PUBLIC health; INTERNATIONAL law; HUMAN rights; LIBERTY
- Publication
Te Mata Koi: Auckland University Law Review, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 1, p228
- ISSN
0067-0510
- Publication type
Article