"A section of the Canada OPCAT Project website has been specifically created to place into the
public domain rapidly emerging information about deprivation of liberty in the context of the
seemingly ever worsening global health situation resulting from the COVID-19 virus. In doing so,
we have attempted to compile in one spot information from both Canada and abroad.
The overall aim of the COVID-19: Deprivation of Liberty Information Corner section of the
website is to make readily available a range of opinions about the implications of being deprived
of one’s liberty at a time of global health emergency and to highlight the obligations on the part
of the state (Canadian or other) to ensure that those persons in their custody remain safe and
healthy and that their human rights and dignity are fully respected in practice. (COV-156)"
