Breaking Vaccination Barriers among Migrants? Human Rights and Crisis Preparedness
Litins'ka, Yana LU
(2025)
In Medical Law Review
33(1).
- Abstract
- Vaccination hesitancy is one of the critical threats to public health. The coronavirus disease pandemic reconfirmed that certain groups of populations are more reluctant to vaccinate than others, particularly migrants. This article examines legal obligations related to protecting the right to health in addressing vaccination barriers among newly arrived adult migrants, taking Ukrainians granted temporary protection as an example. From human rights law requirements delineated by the United Nations and Council of Europe, it maps out a framework of vaccination-related obligations. Furthermore, the article tests the framework created in one national legal system—Sweden—to show where the gaps in transposing obligations into national law still... (More)
- Vaccination hesitancy is one of the critical threats to public health. The coronavirus disease pandemic reconfirmed that certain groups of populations are more reluctant to vaccinate than others, particularly migrants. This article examines legal obligations related to protecting the right to health in addressing vaccination barriers among newly arrived adult migrants, taking Ukrainians granted temporary protection as an example. From human rights law requirements delineated by the United Nations and Council of Europe, it maps out a framework of vaccination-related obligations. Furthermore, the article tests the framework created in one national legal system—Sweden—to show where the gaps in transposing obligations into national law still exist. To deepen the analysis, the interview study with Ukrainian refugees in Sweden is presented, which allows reflection on what obligations have not reached their recipients and resulted in vaccination barriers. The article advocates for further specification of obligations related to vaccinations in both national and international laws for better crisis preparedness. (Less)
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- author
- Litins'ka, Yana
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025-02-07
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- vaccination, migrants, public law, medical law, right to health, human rights, Covid-19, infection diseases, vaccine hesitancy, public international law, administrati law, Temporary protection, Ukraine, interview, positive obligations, preparedness, Offentlig rätt, Medicinsk rätt
- in
- Medical Law Review
- volume
- 33
- issue
- 1
- article number
- fwaf004
- pages
- 21 pages
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85218226982
- pmid:39919285
- ISSN
- 0967-0742
- DOI
- 10.1093/medlaw/fwaf004
- project
- Improved preparedness for future pandemics and other health crises through large-scale disease surveillance
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 6dd1e5e9-f51e-4525-b375-6270a4d9d8a8
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