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Ebola and emerging infectious diseases in armed conflict : contemporary challenges in global health security laws and policies

Caroline Sell

• Minnesota journal of international law, vol. 29, no. 1, 2020, p. 187-227

English

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Since the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the 21st century, outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases (“EIDs”) threaten the health and safety of citizens all over the world. This note will demonstrate how global health policy is also integrally intertwined with international law and relies greatly on effective international cooperation. To fully understand these moving parts, the author examines the relationship between International Humanitarian Law (“IHL”), International Human Rights Law (“IHRL”), and global health policy for EID outbreaks. Part II of this note provides a background to the relevant domains of IHRL, IHL, disaster and humanitarian response, and global health security as set forth by the IHR (2005) to better understand the nuanced intersection among the fields when discussing issues of global health policy for EIDs. Part III analyzes the challenges and gaps found in these intersections and discusses the consequent implications for the Eastern DRC EVD outbreak beginning in 2018. Finally, this note concludes with a discussion of supportive and alternative methods for the international community in managing the EVD outbreak amidst the region’s insecurity.

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