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The World Health Organization: the Covid-19 pandemic and transnational law
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Abstract The reflections made in this writing, bring to discussion the importance of transnational law, in
the face of the occurrence of the current pandemic. From this, considerations are made about the transnational law produced by the WHO against Covid-19. Also, an analysis is made of the central catego... view more
The reflections made in this writing, bring to discussion the importance of transnational law, in
the face of the occurrence of the current pandemic. From this, considerations are made about the transnational law produced by the WHO against Covid-19. Also, an analysis is made of the central categories and their relationship with the prefix "trans-" and transnational law. Subsequently, the WHO is discussed, its emergence and performance in the elaboration of a transnational legal framework to be considered when internalizing its guidelines by each Member State. In the context of final considerations, it is emphasized, in addition to the importance that should be attributed to transnational law that the work of the WHO, as a transnational actor, practices materialized acts such as transnational law, both in terms of guidance and in connection with public health matters. The methodology used was based on the inductive method, using the bibliographic research.... view less
Keywords
public health; epidemic; contagious disease; health policy; law; WHO; transnationality
Classification
Health Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 55-66
Journal
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 6 (2020) 2, Supp. 1
Issue topic
Human rights and civil liberties in the time of Covid-19
DOI
https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA2060055p
ISSN
1857-9760
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed