Find recent legislative action to control and reduce the pandemic
The COVID-19 Law Lab gathers and shares legal documents from 190+ countries across the globe, helping states establish and implement strong legal frameworks to manage the pandemic.
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Our Goal: Protect Everyone
The COVID-19 Law Lab seeks to ensure that all pandemic-related laws protect the health and well-being of individuals and communities, and that they adhere to international human rights standards.
“To ensure responses to the pandemic are effective, humane and sustainable, governments must use the law as a tool to uphold the human rights and dignity of people affected by COVID-19.”
– Winnie Byanyima Executive Director of UNAIDS
Good Laws = healthy societies
Well-designed laws can
- Help build strong health systems
- Evaluate and approve safe and effective drugs and vaccines
- Advance human rights
- Enforce actions to create healthier and safer public spaces and workplaces
Designations employed & presentation of the material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the UN or WHO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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