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Trade Law Confronts an Exceptional Global Health Crisis

Trade Law Confronts an Exceptional Global Health Crisis

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How should the trade system change after the pandemic?

A million blooming flowers—and then some! Here a woman works inside her mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on March 26, 2015. The photo shows a woman bending over in a field of bright yellow blossoms. REU-TERS/Danish Ismail

We Must Let a Million Flowers Bloom

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For India to thrive, the voluntary, non-governmental organization sector must survive

Big Data Requires Big Thinking on Data Governance

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We need concrete guidelines now to secure data privacy and address missing data, missed use of data, and misuse of data

A student watches an online lecture in a digital mobile education library—which provides mobile phones to children who lack access for education during COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, on October 16, 2020. The photo shows a small child at a school desk with a mobile phone on the table in front of them. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Governments have an obligation to guarantee the continued protection of the public's rights during and after a pandemic

People wearing protective face masks wait for their rapid antigen test results outside a community center, amidst the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India, on September 17, 2020. The photo shows a large crowd of people from behind the bars of an iron fence. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

On the Framework Convention on Global Health

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The convention offers a human rights-based legal foundation for global health security—which is exactly what we need now

Global health security seeks to avoid installations like this one of crosses and balloons at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 8, 2020—a tribute to 100,000 victims of coronavirus. The photo shows an art installation of crosses, balloons and flag on the beach. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Patent Pools and the Pandemic—A Renewed Debate

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In light of COVID-19 we need to revisit patent pools and their potential for pro-competitive and anticompetitive effects

The "Fearless Girl" statue is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange following first trading session since its March coronavirus lockdown in the Manhattan borough of New York City on May 26, 2020. The photo shows the statue with a huge American flag in the background. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Plague Ships, Shotgun Mobs, and the "Saffron Scourge"

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Recalling the massive, deadly New Orleans yellow fever epidemic of 1878—and what lessons it holds for coronavirus today

Painting of the Staten Island Quarantine Facility—built in 1799 to care for yellow fever patients, where by the 1850s all passengers from newly arrived ships with signs of a disease were quarantined. The image is an oil painting showing a bustling waterway with lots of tall ships with sails lowered and smaller vessels ferrying cargo to them. GETTY IMAGES/Keith Lance