The COVID-19 pandemic has created numerous challenges and
significant uncertainty in a number of areas, including human
rights law.
A number of Human Rights Commissions across the country have
recently issued policy statements setting out their policy
positions in relation to COVID-19 human rights related issues, and
intended to guide employers, landlords, and service providers with
respect to those issues. As these positions have not yet been
tested before human rights tribunals or the courts, employers,
landlords, and service providers should not blindly accept them but
would be well advised to pay heed to them when making the difficult
decisions facing all organizations in these challenging times.
