المسؤولية الدولية عن انتشار الأوبئة – كوفيد19 “أنموذجاً”

International responsibility for the spread of epidemics (COVID 19) is a model

Abstract
The issue of international responsibility arising from the spread of epidemics is a very important topic. Due to the large spread of epidemics and infectious diseases in recent times, as the international community has witnessed throughout history the spread of many deadly epidemics that have caused huge losses and due to the effects that epidemics have on people’s lives when they spread, in addition to the economic, social and political effects, some deadly epidemics have changed the demographics of peoples The characteristics of these diseases that make them more ferocious than normal diseases due to their rapid spread in the largest possible range, which requires concerted international efforts to combat them through strengthening international cooperation at the regional and global levels because of the effective role it plays in combating and eliminating these epidemics by taking Certain procedures ensure the prevention of the spread of epidemics, and this was confirmed by the United Nations Charter in paragraph (b) of Article 55 of it, when it referred to the need to strengthen international cooperation to facilitate the solution of international health problems. The first paragraph of Article 62 of the Charter itself referred to the role of The Economic and Social Council is responsible for preparing reports and studies related to the field of public health, and to this end it may submit its recommendations to the World Health Organization as the responsible The first and direct approach to public health, which is imperative according to the purpose for which it was established, is to take all the measures that must be taken in the event of the emergence of an epidemic to combat it and limit its spread.
When the obligations stipulated in international legislation, including the constitution of the World Health Organization and the international charters concerned with the protection of public health, are violated by any person from international law, then the international responsibility will be realized and its effects will be triggered.
In the event that international responsibility for the spread of an epidemic is achieved, the affected countries have the right to resort to local or international courts to claim compensation for the damages they incurred from the spread of that epidemic. Actions leading to the spread of epidemics are considered a threat to an interest protected by law, namely the right to health, and this is confirmed by Article (12) ) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which refers to the right to the highest standard of health.