Human Rights and Global Responses to the Pandemic in the Age of Hyper-globalization
The age of hyper-globalization requires global institutions that enable global – collective – responses to contain pandemics worldwide.

The age of hyper-globalization requires global institutions that enable global – collective – responses to contain pandemics worldwide.

As policymakers consider proposals aimed at preventing another pandemic, the integration of the science-policy interface in their design is important.

Multiple entries argue that justice requires going beyond narrow disease surveillance to enhance legal as well as health system preparedness.

By understanding legal obligations in terms of solidarity, states would be guided toward actions that favor collective over individual benefit.

Amid discussions of a pandemic treaty, it bears emphasizing that any framework that does not reckon with cost will fall short of an acceptable solution.

The broken world in which we find ourselves underscores the imperative of reflecting on how lawmaking can be used to advance scientific innovation.

A new pandemic instrument should explicitly embrace the three emerging global regulatory standards of due diligence, due regard, and regulatory coherence.

An innovative pandemic treaty could become a transformative model of global solidarity in the face of common threats.

The state-centric infectious disease regime violates the fundamental principle of how contagious diseases spread within and across countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated how “Global Health Security” is triggered when new diseases reach, or threaten to reach, the global north.
