Open AccessCoronavirus pandemic – a challenge to international law, the international community, states and peoples (outline of some problematic issues)
Author(s) -
Olga Butkevych
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹkij časopis mìžnarodnogo prava
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1814-3385
DOI - 10.36952/uail.2020.2.61-68
Subject(s) - obligation , pandemic , international law , political science , international community , context (archaeology) , covid-19 , quarantine , coronavirus , public health , law , human rights , field (mathematics) , law and economics , sociology , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , geography , politics , nursing , disease , archaeology , mathematics , pathology , pure mathematics
The article analyzes the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic to international law. Several problematic blocks in international practice in the context of pandemic have been identified. The level of compliance of states with their international obligations in the field of public health is shown. The interdependence between quarantine restrictions and the obligation of states in the field of human rights protection has been revealed.