Appeals to Human Rights in the Context of Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Government Hours in the Lithuanian Parliament in 2020–2021
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| contents | Appeals to Human Rights in the Context of Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Government Hours in the Lithuanian Parliament in 2020–2021 Vytautas Valentinavičius Vaidas Morkevičius Giedrius Žvaliauskas Monika Briedienė Política COVID 19 pandemic human rights political discourse the Government Hour The securitization of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed governments in democratic countries to introduce extraordinary management measures that involved limiting various human rights. However, sound democratic governance always requires public debate on any policies introduced. These debates occur in multiple arenas and the parliament is among the most notable. In the context of human rights, some studies identified parliament as one of the most important agencies that promote human rights protection and oversee executive authorities (Lyer, 2019; Ncube, 2020). This article examines whether and how Lithuanian parliamentarians and government members addressed human rights during the Seimas debates when issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed. It investigates whether the Seimas could be considered an important agent contributing to the oversight of human rights in Lithuania. The article employs transcripts from the Seimas plenary debates as a data source, particularly speeches from the government question time from 2020.03 to 2021.01. The results of the qualitative thematic analysis revealed that human rights were generally not the main topic of the COVID-19 pandemic debates on the Seimas floor during government hours. It also showed that the attitudes of political parties toward specific human rights tended to shift when they switched from the opposition to the ruling majority and vice versa. 2022 artículo científico 1392-1681 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=694873901003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/694873901003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/movil https://doi.org/10.15388/Polit.2022.105.3 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6948 Politologija application/pdf Vilniaus Universitetas Politologija (Lituania) Num.1 Vol.105 |
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| spellingShingle | Appeals to Human Rights in the Context of Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Government Hours in the Lithuanian Parliament in 2020–2021 Vytautas Valentinavičius Política COVID 19 pandemic human rights political discourse the Government Hour Appeals to Human Rights in the Context of Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Government Hours in the Lithuanian Parliament in 2020–2021 Vytautas Valentinavičius Vaidas Morkevičius Giedrius Žvaliauskas Monika Briedienė Política COVID 19 pandemic human rights political discourse the Government Hour The securitization of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed governments in democratic countries to introduce extraordinary management measures that involved limiting various human rights. However, sound democratic governance always requires public debate on any policies introduced. These debates occur in multiple arenas and the parliament is among the most notable. In the context of human rights, some studies identified parliament as one of the most important agencies that promote human rights protection and oversee executive authorities (Lyer, 2019; Ncube, 2020). This article examines whether and how Lithuanian parliamentarians and government members addressed human rights during the Seimas debates when issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed. It investigates whether the Seimas could be considered an important agent contributing to the oversight of human rights in Lithuania. The article employs transcripts from the Seimas plenary debates as a data source, particularly speeches from the government question time from 2020.03 to 2021.01. The results of the qualitative thematic analysis revealed that human rights were generally not the main topic of the COVID-19 pandemic debates on the Seimas floor during government hours. It also showed that the attitudes of political parties toward specific human rights tended to shift when they switched from the opposition to the ruling majority and vice versa. 2022 artículo científico 1392-1681 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=694873901003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/694873901003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/movil https://doi.org/10.15388/Polit.2022.105.3 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=6948 Politologija application/pdf Vilniaus Universitetas Politologija (Lituania) Num.1 Vol.105 |
| title | Appeals to Human Rights in the Context of Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of Government Hours in the Lithuanian Parliament in 2020–2021 |
| topic | Política COVID 19 pandemic human rights political discourse the Government Hour |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=694873901003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/694873901003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/6948/694873901003/movil https://doi.org/10.15388/Polit.2022.105.3 |