Abstract

The right to a good and healthy environment is one of the fundamental human rights, which consequently obliges the state to respect, protect, and fulfill the right. This study aims to analyze the Covid-19 control arrangements associated with the fulfillment of the right to a good and healthy environment, as well as the efforts that can be made if the right is not fulfilled due to Covid-19. This is a normative research, which the data collection technique is carried out by literature study. The results of the study conclude that various regulations have been issued to control the spread of Covid-19, while the fulfillment of the right to a good and healthy environment must be understood as a unit by ensuring the fulfillment of other procedural rights, namely the right to access to information, the right to access to participation, and the right to participate. Access to justice. Efforts that can be made if the right to a good and healthy environment is not fulfilled is that anyone can sue to the court on the grounds that the Government has failed to fulfill its obligations. However, in the event that the Government cannot be sued legally, because the Covid-19 outbreak is a force majeure situation, which cannot be predicted in advance, thus the Government continues to take responsibility conscientiously, namely as a means of fulfilling state responsibilities as the highest public organizational body for situations that arise and affected the people.

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