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Pedro Villarreal
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The governance of disease outbreaks in international health law
14.07.2020
Pedro Villarreal
Leonie Vierck
Katarina Weilert
In the first part of this two-part post, we broadly addressed the legal framework provided by the International Health Regulations (IHR), a binding legal instrument within the aegis of the...
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The governance of disease outbreaks in international health law
13.07.2020
Pedro Villarreal
Leonie Vierck
Katarina Weilert
A deadly virus starts spreading in several communities. Reports are issued warning of the potential fallout if no action is taken. Yet both national authorities, as well as the WHO,...
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Is the spread of Coronavirus already a pandemic?
09.03.2020
Pedro Villarreal
On 26 February 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the current spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) “has pandemic potential”. That is, despite the fact...
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The 2019-2020 novel coronavirus outbreak and the importance of good faith for international law
28.01.2020
Pedro Villarreal
The 2019-2020 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak first identified in Wuhan, China currently stands at the center of the international community’s focus. The World Health Organization (WHO) issues daily situation reports...
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The direct justiciability of the right to health at the IACtHR
22.10.2018
Pedro Villarreal
In a previous post, Lucas Sánchez discussed how the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) recently found, for the first time, a direct violation of the right to health in...
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Stretching abstract reasoning to its limits
06.04.2018
Pedro Villarreal
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued the Advisory Opinion (AO) of 15 November, 2017 (OC-23/17), on the subject matter of the environment and human rights. Its wide-ranging features already...
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International Health Governance
The WHO’s institutional and legal role in communicable disease epidemics
25.04.2016
Pedro Villarreal
On 1 February, 2016, the World Health Organization´s (WHO) Director-General declared that the Zika virus epidemic in the Americas is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The illness...
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Reforms of the World Health Organization in light of the Ebola crisis in West Africa
26.08.2015
Pedro Villarreal
The 68th World Health Assembly took place from 18 to 26 May, 2015. The Assembly is the maximum decision-making organ of the World Health Organization (WHO). In this forum, there...
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