Impoverishment of the Poor and Derogation of Human Rights During the Covid‑19 Pandemic in Indonesia: Testing the Emergency Measure and Siracusa Principles in Large‑Scale Social Restriction

Abstract

This study examines human rights restrictions in the Large-Scale Social Restrictions (or PSBB) during the Covid-19 out�break in Indonesia that do not follow the Siracusa Principles emergency measure and limitation clause. PSBB resulted in a prolonged human rights crisis due to inefective policies, manipulated data, and inadequate medical equipment. The author discusses the impact of Large-Scale Social Restrictions on socio-economic and socio-political rights and the government’s failure to overcome the Covid-19 outbreak with an interdisciplinary perspective. Findings from studies on the number of Covid-19 cases contracted and the high mortality rate are also presented. This study notes the consequences and the relation�ship between the inefectiveness of Large-Scale Social Restrictions and human misery. Keywords Restrictions of human rights · Emergency measure · Siracusa Principles · Proportionality · Violations · Human rights miser