Health security and limitation of fundamental rights in Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT

At the beginning of 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The governments of the world issued regulations that, to stop the virus, implied the limitation of rights by ordering confinements, stopping non-essential activities and paralyzing the economy. In Colombia since March 2020 the authorities issued regulations whose result was the limitation of rights. The purpose of this text is to review whether said regulation and its effects on rights have been respectful of the Colombian Constitution from March 2020 to March 2021. The conclusion is that rights were unconstitutionally limited during the pandemic in an unconstitutional way. © 2022, Universidad de Talca. All rights reserved.