One Health in the New Pandemic Agreement
06.08.2025
After over three years of negotiations, on 20 May 2025 the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) finally adopted a new international instrument, the WHO Pandemic Agreement, which aims to strengthen...
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The Role of International Cooperation and Technology Transfers in Advancing Equity in Global Health
24.07.2025
“With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...Health is by far the most important element in human happiness”. Arthur Schopenhauer...
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On the Fragmentation of International Law and Global Health Law
09.04.2025
Introduction A set of intertwined compelling questions need to be answered by the Bureau of the World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) before presenting the results of the...
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Post-Pandemic Reform Discussions in International Health Law: The Reform of the International Health Regulations and the Proposal for the new WHO Pandemic Agreement
28.07.2024
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...
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The Pandemic Treaty Dilemma
06.07.2022
On April 12th and 13th 2022, the Intergovernmental Negotiation Body (INB) held public hearings at the seat of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the elaboration of a future instrument...
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