The ‘Negotiating Text’ of the new WHO Treaty on Pandemic Preparedness and Response: An Initial Analysis and Under-examined Points of Concern

Amrei Müller is an Assistant Professor/Lecturer (Ad Astra Fellow) at University College Dublin, Sutherland School of Law. Dr. Silvia Behrendt is the founder and director of the Global Health Responsi

Excellent, detailed review of the “Pandemic Agreement”

http://opiniojuris.org/2024/02/06/the-negotiating-text-of-the-new-who-treaty-on-pandemic-preparedness-and-response-an-initial-analysis-and-underexamined-points-of-concern/

The below is of special concern to me:

[This article investigates] “two underexamined points of concern: the absence of any engagement with the danger that the WHO Pandemic Agreement may incentivise the conduct dangerous gain-of-function (GoF) research on what the Negotiating Text refers to as ‘pathogens with pandemic potential’ (Art.1(h)); and the rather limited engagement with the implications that the Agreement may have for the enjoyment of human rights of people around the world.”