Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak

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; Hoffman, Steven J

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1

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Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak

ContributorsHabibi, 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; Hoffman, Steven J

Published inThe Lancet, vol. 395, no. 10225, p. 664-666

Publication date2020

Abstract

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 Treaties and reaching a jurisprudential consensus on the legal meaning of Article 43 of the International Health Regulations (2005).

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International Health Regulations
Travel restrictions
COVID-19
International health law

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HABIBI, Roojin et al. Do not violate the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak. In: The Lancet, 2020, vol. 395, n° 10225, p. 664–666. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1

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PID : unige:136474
DOI : 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30373-1
PMID : 32061311

Journal ISSN0140-6736

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