On April 14, 2020, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a press release regarding its statement, "COVID-19 and Human Rights: The problems and challenges must be addressed from a Human Rights perspective and with respect for international obligations” (adopted on April 9, 2020). The statement encourages states to ensure that their responses to COVID-19 (especially those that “may impair or restrict the enjoyment and exercise of human rights”) are in-line with the rule of law, the state’s international obligations, and respect for the human rights of all individuals. The statement notes that some groups of individuals, such as women, migrants, refugees, and indigenous people, are likely to be disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and that states should take every precaution necessary to ensure that those groups’ “economic, social, cultural and environmental rights [are] … guaranteed.” Other topics it addresses are the protection of health care workers, the media, human rights defenders, and incarcerated populations, as well as the need “to ensure that the use of surveillance technology to … monitor the propagation of the COVID-19 coronavirus is limited and proportionate to health requirements.”