During the past 3 years, 56.4% of the people responded that COVID-19 “impacted (very
and mostly)” human rights, which was higher than “not impacted (not at all and slightly)”
with 43.6%. The most serious human rights issues were violation of property rights of small
businesses (44.3%), isolation of vulnerable class from lack of care (43.5%), discrimination
depending on COVID-19 vaccination (28.2%), and violation of personal information
privacy from disease control (25.7%). Individuals show difference depending on the
characteristics of the groups that they belong, but people perceive the difficulties in their
livelihood from restrictions in economic and social activities due to COVID-19 as the
biggest human rights issue.
People’s perception and attitude towards human rights situation do not fully reflect the act
human rights situations, but they are important for having a huge impact on recognizing and
improving the human rdirection. The details on the human rights status and topics in major
areas will be presented in Part II.
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