The international responsibility of the World Health Organization (WHO) in times of pandemic

Authors

  • Millitza Franciskovic Ingunza Universidad Femenina Sagrado Corazón
  • Jorge Luis Godenzi Alegre Universidad Femenina Sagrado Corazón

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/lumen.2020.v16n1.2295

Keywords:

International organizations - International responsibility - World Health Organization - Public International Law.

Abstract

The World Health Organization has a high responsibility to effectively manage the virus that has caused the pandemic that is currently ravaging the planet. It is an organism whose cardinal function is to protect the health of the entire humanity. However, it can be seen that the behavior of the WHO in the face of this tragedy has been that of acting with tremendous slowness. It has lacked the necessary reflexes in order to resume the functions that were entrusted to it in its constitutive document. In this article, we consider the existence of international responsibility on the part of the WHO as the Director-General. Any international organization must account for its conduct in such dire circumstances.

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Author Biographies

Millitza Franciskovic Ingunza, Universidad Femenina Sagrado Corazón

Doctora en Derecho, docente universitaria, conferencista.

Jorge Luis Godenzi Alegre, Universidad Femenina Sagrado Corazón

Abogado y asesor legal en tema de Derecho Patrimonial.

Published

2020-06-30

How to Cite

Franciskovic Ingunza, M., & Godenzi Alegre, J. L. (2020). The international responsibility of the World Health Organization (WHO) in times of pandemic. Lumen, 16(1), 194–211. https://doi.org/10.33539/lumen.2020.v16n1.2295