What Can International Disaster Law Learn from Global Health Responses?

Event Details

This webinar will launch a report and policy brief on the theme 'What can International Disaster Law Learn from Global Health Responses?'. This document is the result of a collaboration between BIICL, the University of Strathclyde Law School, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

It sets out a range of recommendations to assist negotiators, and other stakeholders, involved in the formulation of a proposed treaty on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, which the UN General Assembly hopes will be elaborated and concluded by the end of 2027. Given the clear linkages between disasters and health and the recent adoption of a Pandemic Agreement, the policy brief identifies important lessons that international disaster law can take from experiences in responding to global health emergencies.

The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

Chair:

Mr Anthony Wenton, Research Fellow in Public International Law, BIICL

Speakers:

• Professor Giulio Bartolini, Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law; Full Professor of International Law, Roma Tre University
• Dr Mark Eccleston-Turner FRSA, Academic Fellow, The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple; Reader in Global Health Law and Director of postgraduate studies, Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, King's College London
• Professor Thérèse O'Donnell, Professor of Law, University of Strathclyde Law School

Event Convenor:

Anthony Wenton, Research Fellow in Public International Law, BIICL

Project Partners:

University of Strathclyde Law School 
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 

This project is generously funded by the Economic and Social Sciences Research Council [Grant Number: ES/X004872/1]".

Pricing and Registration

This webinar is free to attend but pre-registration is required.