International health regulation 2005 and covid-19 vaccination in fulfilling human rights

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has become a global issue for the past 2 years. During that time, almost all countries in the world feel the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization as the main mandate holder in global health affairs has developed a framework for handling and controlling the spread of disease across national borders which is compiled in the 2005 International Health Regulation. IHR 2005 aims to prevent, protect and control the international spread of disease. The government's step by implementing a vaccination policy is the final effort to stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Vaccination is carried out to reduce the transmission of Covid-19; reduce morbidity and mortality due to Covid-19; achieve herd immunity and; protect the community from Covid-19 in order to remain socially and economically productive. This paper aims to determine the extent of the implementation of vaccination as an effort to fulfill public health rights in the COVID-19 pandemic situation. This paper uses a normative legal research method based on the human rights legal framework. The results of the study show that in dealing with Covid-19, the government enforces a vaccination policy as an effort to realize the fulfillment of the right to health for the community as a fundamental right and cannot be separated from other human rights, such as the right to life.