1. Law as an Antidote? Assessing the Potential of International Health Law Based on the Ebola-Outbreak 2014
- Author:
- Robert Frau
- Publication Date:
- 11-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Goettingen Journal of International Law
- Abstract:
- The Ebola-Outbreak of 2014 has put international health law in the limelight. This contribution assesses the measures taken by the international community with regard to the outbreak of 2014 with a special focus on the World Health Organization and the UN Security Council. International law provides different actors with means to cooperate in order to fight the outbreak. The list of actors does not include the UN Security Council, which has addressed the outbreak in one resolution under chapter VII without taking any effective legal remedies. In addition, the relevant human right to health has not been addressed by actors, creating leeway in further emergencies.
- Topic:
- International Cooperation, United Nations, World Health Organization, Ebola, Public Health, and Pandemic
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus