Global Health Law and Governance

CIL – ILA Webinar on COVID-19: Cross-sector Interlinkages and Public International Law

COVID-19 is arguably the biggest threat and challenge confronting the world since World War Two ended. It is difficult to recall any other event where the established norms upon which the world functions have been altered so drastically. From the way we work to the way we interact, learn, trade, travel and live, it is …

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e-Conference Series on ‘Covid-19′: A New Surveillance Era?

e-Conference Series on ‘Covid-19′: A New Surveillance Era? 29 July 2020, Wednesday, 9pm Singapore Time, via Zoom Time Converter To combat the spread of COVID-19, governments are initiating or expanding the deployment of digital surveillance tools. Mobile phone data, tracking apps, QR scanning, drones, “robocops” and other digital tools are being used in an unprecedented …

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e-Conference Series on ‘Covid-19’ (Transportation) International Shipping

Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 4pm, Singapore Time Covid-19 and International Shipping INTRODUCTION This session discusses the impact of COVID-19 on international shipping and the global supply chain. It will examine the challenges faced by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN specialized agency responsible for the regulation of international shipping, in addressing COVID-19. It will …

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e-Conference Series on ‘Covid-19’ (Transportation) International Aviation

Thursday, 28 May 2020, 4pm, Singapore Time Legal Implications of Covid-19 for International Aviation INTRODUCTION Covid-19 has disrupted aviation in a way never seen before. How will airlines, airports and other aviation stakeholders recover? What legal challenges do they face? This session will examine what the pandemic means for the future of aviation, the responses …

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Between Participation and Capture in International Rule-Making: The WHO Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors

Following demands for more democratic legitimacy and given the growing dependency of international organizations (IOs) on external information and resources, in the past decade and a half, IOs have opened up their rule-making to non-state actor (NSA) participation. In a broad sense, this participation trend tracks the 20th-century administrative law revolution in many democracies, whereby …

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