Special measures are needed to protect people living in informal settlements and refugee camps, where overcrowding and lack of sufficient access to clean water, sanitation, and health services can increase vulnerability to COVID-19.
By heightening risks for those already exploited, increasing the risks of exploitation, and disrupting response efforts, the COVID-19 pandemic could greatly impact the fight against modern slavery.
As the COVID-19 pandemic forces us to reflect on our values, standards, and institutions, and their impacts on inequality, there is an opportunity to imagine a new world and build back better by embracing the fundamental tenet that health is a global common right.
There is a need for empirical evidence that shows how social, psychological, financial, geographical, and political factors contribute to conflict, and how climate change interacts with them.
As the European Union seeks a durable solution to Mediterranean migration flows, countries of arrival could adopt an international protection regime supporting victims of crimes against humanity.
