03/29/2022 00:02 (act 03/29/2022 00:02)
AI clearly addresses the issue of distributive justice ©APA/dpa-Zentralbild
In its annual report for 2021/22, the human rights organization Amnesty International complained about the “selfishness” and “racism” of rich countries, for example in relation to corona vaccination, climate policy and migration policy. In particular, the organization criticized Western countries’ decision to stockpile millions of doses of vaccine, while many citizens of poorer countries would not even have the chance to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
“Developed countries were sitting (last fall) with half a billion overage doses – enough to vaccinate several of the world’s least immunized nations. While corporate CEOs and investors were reaping big profits, those in desperate need of the vaccine were being told to wait. And die.” Secretary General Agnès Callamard, in her preface to the report, rich countries.
She described the refusal by pharmaceutical companies and countries to temporarily suspend patent protection for corona vaccines as “racist policy”. Amnesty also sees this “racism” at work in rich country governments “deterring” migrants and asylum-seekers, accepting the death of these people and even “criminalizing those who try to save lives”.
Callamard also criticized the “selfishness” of countries that “deceived” humanity at the Glasgow climate conference (COP26) by not reaching an agreement to avoid a climate catastrophe. “In this way, large swaths of humanity were condemned to a future of water shortages, heat waves, floods and famine. better living conditions.”
Callamard lamented, “2021 could have been a year of healing and regeneration. Instead, it became a breeding ground for greater inequality and instability — not just for 2021, not just for 2022, but for the entire decade ahead.”
In its global recommendations, the organization also criticized the fact that in some countries the pandemic has been used as a pretext to restrict freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and freedom of the press. “It is imperative that governments lift regulations that require prior authorization to hold peaceful gatherings. They must also ensure that emergency measures and other restrictions implemented during the pandemic do not become ‘the new normal,'” he told the rights organization. humans. She also called for better protection for migrants and refugees: “Governments must fulfill their duty to protect people seeking international protection, respect and guarantee their rights and allow them to live in reasonable conditions on their territory (i.e. their respective state, grade) to stay until a permanent solution can be found.”
(SERVICE: The APA submits a separate report for the Austrian part of the report with the domestic policy as the place of stress.)