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La COVID-19, la salud global y el Derecho Internacional: una primera aproximación de carácter institucional.
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Este estudio constituye una primera y urgente aproximación a algunas de las implicaciones en el Derecho Internacional de la pandemia de la COVID-19, con sus múltiples consecuencias sanitarias, económicas y sociales. El estudio, después de referirse a la salud global y a la globalización de la salud, se ocupa fundamentalmente del examen de la labor de las Naciones Unidas y de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ante la pandemia. Este examen evalúa críticamente la falta de liderazgo e impulso político ante una crisis sanitaria de una magnitud sin precedentes. Se examinan también los resultados de la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud celebrada el 18 y 19 de mayo de 2020 y dedicada exclusivamente a la COVID-19, en un contexto de competencia política y de crítica a la gestión de la emergencia por la OMS y con el anuncio de la retirada de los Estados Unidos.
This study constitutes a first and urgent approach to the some of the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in International Law, with its multiple health, economic and social consequences. The study, after referringto global health and the globalization of health, is primarily concerned with the review of the work of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the face of the pandemic. This review critically assesses the lack of leadership and political impetus in the face of a health crisis of unprecedented magnitude. It also reviews the outcome of the World Health Assembly held on 18-19 May 2020 and devoted exclusively tothe COVID-19, in a context of political competition and criticism of WHO's management of the emergency and with the announcement of the United States withdrawal.
This study constitutes a first and urgent approach to the some of the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in International Law, with its multiple health, economic and social consequences. The study, after referringto global health and the globalization of health, is primarily concerned with the review of the work of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the face of the pandemic. This review critically assesses the lack of leadership and political impetus in the face of a health crisis of unprecedented magnitude. It also reviews the outcome of the World Health Assembly held on 18-19 May 2020 and devoted exclusively tothe COVID-19, in a context of political competition and criticism of WHO's management of the emergency and with the announcement of the United States withdrawal.
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PONS RÀFOLS, Xavier. La COVID-19, la salud global y el Derecho Internacional: una primera aproximación de carácter institucional. Revista Electrónica de Estudios Internacionales . 2020. Vol. 39 (junio 2020), num. 1-29. ISSN 1697-5197. [consulted: 11 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/171497