Post-Pandemic Reform Discussions in International Health Law: The Reform of the International Health Regulations and the Proposal for the new WHO Pandemic Agreement

The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated that international cooperation to combat pandemics is insufficient. The World Health Organisation has therefore recently reformed the International Health Regulations. The World Health Assembly also planned to adopt a new Pandemic Agreement to further strengthen international cooperation on pandemics. However, negotiations have not yet been successful, and this year’s World Health Assembly agreed to extend the negotiations for this agreement by one year. Reason enough to analyse and critically evaluate the reform efforts in detail, and to give an outlook on the future of international pandemic law.