The UK Government’s Covid-19 Response and Article 2 of the ECHR (Title I Dignity; Right to Life, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This is a well evidenced piece on an (as yet) under-researched area.

The writing might be tightened up very slightly in places, but the style is a nice combination of doctrinal analysis and more anecdotal discussion.

Author Response

Many thanks for your review. English tightened up and improved now.

Reviewer 2 Report

Reviewer response:  

 Thank you for the opportunity to review the manuscript "UK Government's Covid-19 response and Article 2 ECHR"

The Introduction does not clearly set out the purpose of the article, why the article is significant/important (i.e. the gap in the literature), nor does it introduce the flow of the manuscript’s narrative to the reader.  

This manuscript needs a good proof read.
 

Abstract 

• Line 10: why “(here)” – usually Abstracts do not include references, let alone weblinks.  

Introduction 

• Line 28: Use of two colons?  
• First para can be tightened, content is repetitive. Need to also insert references to support statements of fact.  
• Lines 32-33: “By the end of the very first day of the campaign it started reverberating in my mind:…” Lines 35-36: “I did scratch my head though in relation to one of those in particular…” These are not sentences indicative of a strong journal article to follow… (not boding well given this is the first paragraph)   

Author Response

Many thanks for your review. English tightened up and improved now. I revised the article from that particular perspective and I hope it looks better now to a native English speaker. I have also addressed another comment explicitly, which was that I have not stated the purpose of the article (not correct) by including a separate passage on the purpose of the article.