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Human Rights Principles in Public Health Emergencies: From the Siracusa Principles to COVID-19 and Beyond

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Building on Siracusa to develop new human rights principles for public health emergencies Once again, the ICJ played a leading role in collaboration with the Global Health Law Consortium in drafting the PH Principles—released alongside the World Health Assembly in May 2023.

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Introduction to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

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This symposium gathers reflections from leading scholars, activists, jurists, and others from around the world with respect to the recently issued Principles. Historically, Global Health Law has been permeated with colonialism and concerned with preserving travel and trade rather than protecting human dignity, health and life.

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Non-State Actors and Public Health Emergencies

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As showed in a policy-brief by GI-ESCR , this situation might amount to a violation of the right to health under domestic constitutional and international law.

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COVID-19 Showcased Failed Global Cooperation

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By Kayum Ahmed, Julia Bleckner, and Kyle Knight In mid-May, the World Health Organization officially declared the “emergency” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic over.

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Making Explicit a Rights-Based Approach to Infodemic in a Public Health Emergency

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While the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles) do not make explicit reference to infodemics, the application of digital technologies in response to a public health emergency is a clear concern.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic, the Failure of the Binary PHEIC Declaration System, and the Need for Reform

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In the Declaration of 30 January 2020, the DG showed awareness about this problem, hoping that the “WHO should continue to explore the advisability of creating an intermediate level of alert between the binary possibilities of PHEIC or no PHEIC, in a way that does not require reopening negotiations on the text of the IHR (2005).”

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Responding to Public Health Emergencies by Upholding Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law

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In 2016, the Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the existing worldwide health-system architecture to be strengthened with an empowered, well-governed, sustainably financed, and accountable World Health Organization at its apex, and efficient, equitable, and resilient national health systems at its foundation.