Addressing Scientific Innovation through Pandemic Lawmaking

Event Description

Amid contention that global governance was unprepared and incapacitated in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this November, a special session of the World Health Assembly will convene to discuss a potential international instrument on pandemic preparedness and response.

As part of the “International Pandemic Lawmaking: Conceptual and Practical Issues” symposium which published critical insights and recommendations for this potential pandemic treaty on Bill of Health and Verfassungsblog, this was the second webinar examines the issues, challenges and opportunities related to scientific innovation.

Panelists

• Introduction and Moderator: Pedro Villarreal, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

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Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, Middlesex University London, and the Max Planck Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law and hosted by Bill of Health and Verfassungsblog.