Abstract
Throughout 2020 and 2021, a human right most Australians presumably took for granted was effectively suspended by the Australian government: if you were an Australian citizen overseas, you no longer had any guaranteed right of return. Taking as given that we do in fact have a moral right to re-enter the country of which we are a citizen, in this commentary I draw on the work of philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson to critically examine three possible pathways by which the suspension of this right could—at least theoretically—be morally justified.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 376-381 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Australian Journal of Human Rights |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Judith Jarvis Thomson
- Right of return
- rights forfeiture
- rights overriding
- rights specification