Covid-19 Law Lab
- July 24, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: IR
Context:
World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched its Covid-19 Law Lab.
Concept:
- It gathers and shares legal documents from over 190 countries across the world to help states establish and implement strong legal frameworks to manage the pandemic.
- The goal is to ensure that laws protect the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities and they adhere to international human rights standards.
- It is a joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), WHO, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.