TY  - UNPD
A1  - McLachlan, Campbell A
T1  - Populism, the Pandemic & Prospects for International Law
T2  - KFG Working Paper Series
N2  - Populism has fatally weakened the world’s ability to respond to COVID-19, by undermining the capacity of the structures and mechanisms of international law to address the pandemic. The pandemic has exposed as a fallacy a key tenet of populism – to protect the ‘people’ of a nation from external forces, including international law. In fact international law, through the principle of self-determination, enshrines the ability of peoples to determine their own political organization. But this does not preclude agreement at the international level on matters of common interest to humanity as a whole that require community action. The prevention of infectious disease is just such a case, which states have long agreed could not remain solely the preserve of national polities, but requires a common international response. This paper, placing the current crisis in light of the development of international health law, critically examines the response of key populist governments to COVID-19 in order to address the larger issue of the implications of populism for the fate of international law.
T3  - KFG Working Paper Series - 45 
Y1  - 2020
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/48347
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-483479
IS  - 45
ER  -