GOVERNING PANDEMICS

GOVERNING PANDEMICS 101

 

SESSION 7 HUMAN RIGHTS AND POPULATIONS NOT PROTECTED BY THE STATE

 

 

PROGRAMME

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• Mini-lecture 1: How is human rights protection governed internationally in pandemics? What weaknesses did Covid-19 expose, and what are proposals to address them?

• Mini-lecture 2: How is the health of populations not protected by the state, such as refugees and populations in armed conflict, governed in pandemics? What weaknesses did Covid-19 expose, and what are proposals to address them?

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SPEAKERS

 

• Andrew Clapham, Professor of International Law, The Graduate
  Institute, Geneva

• Esperanza Martinez, Senior Advisor to the Office of the
  Director General, International Committee of the Red Cross

• Charles Deutscher, Senior Advisor, International Committee
  of the Red Cross

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READINGS

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• Alessandra Spadaro "COVID-19: Testing the Limits of Human
  Rights" 11, European Journal of Risk Regulation (2020) 317-325

• Davis SML et al. (2021) An international pandemic treaty must
  centre on human rights. The BMJ Opinion.

• Rodenhauser T, Piret M (2022) COVID-19 measures by armed
  groups: What legal framework applies?, The Armed Groups and
  International Law Blog.

• OHCHR (2021) COVID-19 Guidance, OHCHR and COVID-19.

• Meghna Abraham "Pandemics" in Moeckli, Shah, Sivakumaran, and Harris (eds), International Human Rights Law, 4th edn (2022) 661-80