Potencijalna međunarodna odgovornost država za dela u suočavanju sa pandemijom COVID-19

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many issues about the adequacy of the reactions of the states to this infection. Matters of timely reactions, the confusion caused by communications of the national public health institutions, insufficient testing and monitoring capabilities, not enough masks and protective equipment, the capacity of hospitals indicates inadequate national preparedness in many states. In the initial phase, the key policies were determined by the expert public health bodies, with no democratic legitimacy. All such omissions are attributable to states. In this article, we examine if they have the potential to provide the ground for their international liability for the reactions in the pandemic.