GENEVA: Countries considering introducing vaccine mandates in the fight against COVID-19 must ensure they respect human rights, the United Nations rights chief said on Wednesday , stressing that forced vaccination was never acceptable.
But she insisted that"vaccine mandates should be employed only when necessary for achieving compelling public health ends". "Unless all people have genuine, practical access to vaccines, vaccine requirements will not be consistent with fundamental human rights principles of equality and non-discrimination," she said.Bachelet also highlighted that"the actual vaccines employed must also be sufficiently safe and effective to achieve public health aims".
But forced injections was never acceptable, she said,"even if a person's refusal to comply with a mandatory vaccination policy may entail other legal consequences, including, for example, appropriate fines".
I agreed. But what can UN do about it? US, your key supporter is into mandatory with full suite of coercion on the sideline.