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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=kent@hawaii.edu href="mailto:kent@hawaii.edu">George
Kent</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV>The quarantining issue falls under the
broader question of when it might be permissible to coerce individuals in order
to protect their own health or the health of others. Further insight on this
issue may be found in:
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align=left><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Sub-Commission (UN Sub-Commission on Promotion and
Protection of Human Rights)</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">(1985) <I>Siracusa Principles
on the Limitation and Derogation of Provisions in the International
</I></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><I>Covenant</I><STRONG><SPAN><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><I> on Civil and Political
Rights</I></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-GB><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">. Annex, UN doc.
E/CN.4/1985/4. <A
href="http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/siracusaprinciples.html">http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/siracusaprinciples.html</A></SPAN></SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
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<DIV class=MsoFootnoteText style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px"><SPAN lang=EN-GB>This
Sub-Commission was formerly the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination
and Protection of Minorities.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoFootnoteText style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px">We tend to assume that
health care treatments normally should be based on informed consent, but often
that principle is not respected. Moreover, to my knowledge that principle is not
explicitly stated anywhere in human rights law.</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoFootnoteText style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px">Coercion in health care is a
huge issue that comes up often. It deserves much more attention than it has
gotten so far. </DIV>
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