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London (dpa) – An equality watchdog has warned the British government that so-called vaccine passports could lead to unlawful discrimination.<\/p>\nLondon (dpa) – An equality watchdog has warned the British government that so-called vaccine passports could lead to unlawful discrimination.<\/p>\n
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (ECHR) told dpa on Thursday it had sent a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet stating it was \u00abimportant to strike the right balance between individual liberty and the rights of others\u00bb when easing lockdown restrictions.<\/p>\n
The ECHR said that while vaccine passports, which are referred to as \u00abCovid status certificates\u00bb by Johnson, could be a proportionate way of relaxing rules for people vaccinated against Covid-19, they also risked excluding groups with low vaccine take-up.<\/p>\n
\u00abOur response to the Cabinet Office review on Covid status certificates makes clear they can provide a way of lifting restrictions and safely opening the economy,\u00bb a spokesperson for ECHR told dpa, adding that some conditions however needed to be met to follow equality law.<\/p>\n
\u00abParliamentary oversight of a time-limited scheme would make sure that it remains a proportionate way to keep private and public spaces Covid-secure and those who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons have access to exemption documentation.<\/p>\n
\u00abDetailed guidance for employers and businesses would also minimise the risk of any discrimination,\u00bb they added.<\/p>\n
Currently, vaccine passports have not been deployed in Britain but are under discussion.<\/p>\n
Johnson said earlier that his government had ethical concerns around using vaccine passports when letting people into certain places due to possible discrimination.<\/p>\n
However, he said he recognised vaccination status would be useful for international travel and said \u00aball countries\u00bb were looking at it.<\/p>\n
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London (dpa) – An equality watchdog has warned the British government that so-called vaccine passports could lead to unlawful discrimination. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (ECHR) told dpa on Thursday it had sent a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet stating it was \u00abimportant to strike the right balance between individual liberty and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":893943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1089714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t