{"title":"The Obligations of China and the Role of International Law in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic","authors":"Xinxiang Shi, Xiaoou Zheng","doi":"10.14330/JEAIL.2021.14.1.05","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This short article examines whether China has incurred responsibility for violating a general due diligence obligation in customary international law or specific obligations under the WHO’s International Health Regulations and the WHO Constitution in a context of Covid-19. It is submitted that due diligence is merely a notion to describe a primary obligation, or a standard by which a particular primary obligation is assessed. It cannot serve as the basis for holding a State responsible. Regarding the WHO regime, actions taken by China after December 2019 neatly fit into the staggered requirements of Articles 6 and 7 of the International Health Regulations, which do not set out clear standards for the evaluation of a health emergency. On a more general level, we reflect upon the role of international law in global pandemic control and caution against the politicization of international health law. © 2021, Yijun Institute of International Law. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":42314,"journal":{"name":"Journal of East Asia and International Law","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2021-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of East Asia and International Law","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14330/JEAIL.2021.14.1.05","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"LAW","Score":null,"Total":0}
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新冠疫情背景下中国的义务与国际法的作用
本文探讨了在新冠肺炎背景下,中国是否因违反习惯国际法中的一般尽职调查义务或世界卫生组织《国际卫生条例》和世界卫生组织《宪法》规定的具体义务而承担责任。据认为,尽职调查只是一个描述主要义务的概念,或者是评估特定主要义务的标准。它不能成为追究一个国家责任的基础。关于世界卫生组织制度,中国在2019年12月后采取的行动完全符合《国际卫生条例》第6条和第7条的交错要求,这两条没有为评估突发卫生事件制定明确标准。在更普遍的层面上,我们反思了国际法在全球疫情控制中的作用,并警告不要将国际卫生法政治化。©2021,宜君国际法研究所。保留所有权利。
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