Decolonization of Global Health Law: Lessons from International Environmental Law

J Law Med Ethics. 2023;51(2):450-453. doi: 10.1017/jme.2023.78. Epub 2023 Sep 1.

Abstract

Global health law for pandemics currently lacks legal obligations to ensure distributional and reparative justice. In contrast, international environmental law contains several novel international legal mechanisms aimed at addressing the effects of colonialism and global injustices that arise from the disproportionate contributions to - and impacts of - climate change and biodiversity loss.

Keywords: Climate Change; Decolonization; Equity; Global Health; International Law.

MeSH terms

  • Climate Change
  • Global Health*
  • Humans
  • International Law*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Social Justice