ABSTRACT. We draw on a substantial body of theoretical and empirical research on restricting human rights and increasing discrimination through COVID-19 vaccination certificates, and to explore this, we inspected, used, and replicated survey data from Access Now, Ada Lovelace Institute, Associated Press, Dynata, Morning Consult, and Redpoint Global, performing analyses and making estimates regarding rational and ethical COVID-19 vaccine certification schemes. Descriptive statistics of compiled data from the completed surveys were calculated when appropriate.

Keywords: COVID-19; vaccination certificate; human rights; discrimination; ethics

How to cite: Robinson, R., Zvarikova, K., and Sosedova, J. (2021). “Restricting Human Rights and Increasing Discrimination through COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates: Necessity, Benefits, Risks, and Costs,” Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations 20: 115–124. doi: 10.22381/LPI20202110.

Received 12 March 2021 • Received in revised form 11 May 2021
Accepted 18 May 2021 • Available online 30 May 2021