Global Pandemics and International Law: An Analysis in the Age of Covid-19

This book reviews the efficacy of Global Health Law, assessing why its legal framework based on the International Health Regulations did not represent a valid tool in the containment of modern global pandemics such as COVID-19.

Ilja Richard Pavone is a Researcher of International Law at the National Research Council of Italy, Rome, where he coordinates the research unit in International, European and National Biolaw. He is a member of the Scientific Secretariat of the CNR Research Ethics and Bioethics Committee. He is currently Professor of Research Ethics at University Bicocca, Milan. In the past, he has taught at the universities of Rome (Sapienza), La Tuscia (Viterbo), Venice (Venice International University), Macerata and Siena. He has been Visiting Professor in several universities and research institutions, such as Queensland University, Bochum University and Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg). He is currently member of the Coordinating Committee of the ESIL Interest Groups on Biolaw and Peace and Security. He is author of over fifty publications, essays and articles in International Law and European Union Law, with a particular focus on Bioethics, Human Rights, Animal Law, Health Law and Environmental Protection. He is also a member of the Scientific Board of the journal ＂The Future of Science and Ethics＂, published by the Fondazione Umberto Veronesi. In 2018, he edited a book with Routledge, entitled International Biolaw and Shared Ethical Principles. The Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.