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Habibi, Roojin, Burci, Gian Luca, de Campos, Thana C., Chirwa, Danwood, Cinà, Margherita, Dagron, Stéphanie, Eccleston-Turner, Mark, Forman, Lisa, Gostin, Lawrence O., Meier, Benjamin Mason, Negri, Stefania, Ooms, Gorik, Sekalala, Sharifah, Taylor, Allyn, Yamin, Alicia Ely and Hoffman, Steven J. (2020) Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak. Lancet, 395 (10225). pp. 664-666. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1
Abstract
The International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR)1 govern how 196 countries and WHO collectively address the global spread of disease and avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade. Article 43 of this legally binding instrument restricts the measures countries can implement when addressing public health risks to those measures that are supported by science, commensurate with the risks involved, and anchored in human rights.1 The intention of the IHR is that countries should not take needless measures that harm people or that disincentivise countries from reporting new risks to international public health authorities.2
In imposing travel restrictions against China during the current outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), many countries are violating the IHR. We—16 global health law scholars—came to this conclusion after applying the interpretive framework of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties3 and reaching a jurisprudential consensus on the legal meaning of IHR Article 43 (panel).
Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Lancet | ||||||||
Publisher: | The Lancet Publishing Group | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0140-6736 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 29 February 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 395 | ||||||||
Number: | 10225 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 664-666 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Description: | Free access |
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