Covid-19 Vaccine Injury Compensation Schemes: Comparative Perspectives

Event Details

This event will examine critically the provision made for the small numbers of those who have suffered adverse reactions after administration of one of the Covid-19 vaccines. The focus of this event will be on the compensation schemes established at a national and international level (including the COVAX / GAVI scheme) to provide compensation and support for those affected. Experts from around the globe will discuss this important and topical issue in a workshop format.

Chair

• Prof. Duncan Fairgrieve, BIICL and Université de Paris Dauphine PSL

Speakers

• Prof. Jean-Sébastien Borghetti, Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
• Prof. Samuel Dahan, Queens University Canada, Cornell Law School
• Prof. Richard Goldberg, Durham Law School
  
• Prof. Sam F. Halabi, University of Missouri and O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University
• Prof. Geraint Howells, NUI Galway and University of Manchester
• Alex Forrest, Chubb
• Dr. Jennifer Keelan, University of Toronto
• Prof. Eleonora Rajneri, University of Piementonti Orientale
• Prof. Marco Rizzi, University of Western Australia
• Prof. Normann Witzleb, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 
Event convened by Prof. Duncan Fairgrieve, Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Law and Director of the Product Liability Forum, BIICL.

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