Collecting Sources on Coronavirus (COVID-19) and International Law of State Responsibility (May-December 2020)

ASIL, ILC Discussion: Responsibilities of State Actors in Pandemic Preparedness and Response, 02/24/2021 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm.

Chiangi, Michael Aondona and Franca, Igwela P. and Agari, Peres, State Responsibility in the Wake of COVID-19 Pandemic: International Health Law and Human Rights Obligations of China (July 16, 2020). Port Harcourt Law Journal [2020] 9(2) 162

Martins Paparinskis, "Covid-19 Claims and the Law of International Responsibility," 11(2) Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies 311 (2020)

Bocconi webinar, COVID-19 AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: NOVEL STRAIN OR OLD WINE IN NEW TEST TUBES? December 15, 2020.



Jemy Gatdula, "Being Right: Foreign investment damage under lockdowns," Business World, November 12, 2020 


Just Security Symposium, COVID-19 and International Law Series, November 10, 2020






Disu, Damilare, An Evaluation of the Efficacy of International Law in Holding China Culpable for the Coronavirus Pandemic (November 6, 2020). Journal of Advanced Public International Law, Volume 1, Issue 1, Special (Covid 19) Edition (2020)

Michael Ioannidis, Between Responsibility and Solidarity: COVID-19 and the Future of the European Economic Order (November 5, 2020). Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law & International Law (MPIL) Research Paper No. 2020-39, in Heidelberg Journal of International Law/Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Issue 4/2020 (forthcoming)

Ranjan, Prabhash and Anand, Pushkar, COVID-19, India, and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS): Will India Be Able to Defend Its Public Health (October 17, 2020). Asia Pacific Law Review, Vol. 28(1), 2020

Bolton, Patrick and Gulati, Gaurang Mitu and Panizza, Ugo, Legal Air Cover (October 4, 2020). Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-63

Jean d'Aspremont, International Law as a Crisis Discourse: The Peril of Wordlessness (October 3, 2020). in Makane Mbengue and Jean d’Aspremont (eds), Crisis Narratives in International Law (Brill, 2021)


Stephen Thomson and Eric Ip, COVID-19 Emergency Measures and the Impending Authoritarian Pandemic (September 29, 2020). Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 1-33, 2020

Ronen Perry, Who Should Be Liable for the COVID-19 Pandemic? (September 1, 2020). Harvard Journal on Legislation

Ronen Perry, Who Should Be Liable for the COVID-19 Pandemic? (September 1, 2020). Harvard Journal on Legislation, forthcoming

Eccleston-Turner, Mark and McArdle, Scarlett, The Law of Responsibility and the World Health Organisation: A Case Study on the West African Ebola Outbreak (August 13, 2020). Infectious Diseases in the New Millennium: Legal and Ethical Challenges, forthcoming.

Volterra Fietta, Virtual Seminar: State responsibility for actions taken by States regarding the COVID-19 virus.  06 August 2020.

Martins Paparinskis, "The Once and Future Law of State Responsibility," 114 (4) American Journal of International Law 618 (2020) 




Riddhi Joshi, Force Majeure under the ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility: Assessing its Viability Against COVID-19 Claims, 24(2) ASIL Insights, September 17, 2020







Sebastian Guidi and Nahuel Maisley, A Trillion Dollar Question: Who Should Pay for COVID-19? New York University Law Review, September 11, 2020

Lucia Verzola, Yes, Missouri’s Attorney General is still trying to sue China regarding COVID-19 A "Historic" case for Eric Schmitt, The Pitch, September 8, 2020  

Dan Margolies, Missouri's COVID-19 lawsuit against China stalled in court, KRCGTV, September 1, 2020 



Jamie Doward, Global firms expected to sue UK for coronavirus losses, The Observer, 15 August 2020 



Sienho Yee, To Deal with a New Coronavirus Pandemic: Making Sense of the Lack of Any State Practice in Pursuing State Responsibility for Alleged Malfeasances in a Pandemic—Lex Specialis or Lex Generalis at Work?  19(2) Chinese Journal of International Law 237–252 (June 2020)

Chimène I Keitner, To Litigate a Pandemic: Cases in the United States Against China and the Chinese Communist Party and Foreign Sovereign Immunities 19(2) Chinese Journal of International Law 229 (2020) 

Chimène Keitner, Testimony of Chimène Keitner Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on 'The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Coronavirus, and Addressing China’s Culpability, 06 August 2020 

Roger Lu Phillips, Layla Abi-Falah, Criminal Responsibility for the COVID-19 Pandemic in Syria, available on SSRN, 05 August 2020  

Emmanuel Kolawole Oke, Is the National Security Exception in the TRIPS Agreement a Realistic Option in Confronting COVID-19? EJIL Talk!, 06 August 2020

Chimène Keitner, Testimony of Chimène Keitner Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on 'The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Coronavirus, and Addressing China’s Culpability' (July 28, 2020), SSRN.

Rebecca Bratspies, Trail Smelter Arbitration Offers Little Guidance for COVID-19 Suits against China, Just Security, 14 July 2020 

Meagan Wong, "The Law of State Responsibility and the Covid-19 Pandemic," in Covid-19, Law and Human Rights : Essex Dialogues. A Project of the School of Law and Human Rights Centre. Editors: Ferstman, C. and Fagan, A., . University of Essex. 321- 330.

Ipshita Chaturvedi, China’s State Responsibility for the Global Spread of COVID19: An International Law Perspective, ORF Issue Briefs and Special Reports, 23 June 2020

Dicky Tsang King Fung, From Coronation to Coronavirus: Covid-19, Force Majeure and Private International Law (June 1, 2020). The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-32, 44 Fordham International Law Journal 187 (2020)

W Menezes, H Marcos, International Law Post-Pandemic (June 20, 2020) in Gonzalo Levi Obregón Salinas, Lo Multidisciplinario del Antes y Después del Covid-19  

Kit De Vriese, COVID-19 and ‘War’ Clauses in Investment Treaties: A Breach through the Wall of State Sovereignty? EJIL Talk! June 10, 2020 

Tsang King Fung, Dicky, From Coronation to Coronavirus: Covid-19, Force Majeure and Private International Law (June 1, 2020). The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2020-32, 44 Fordham International Law Journal 187 (2020)

Michael Becker, Do We Need an International Commission of Inquiry for COVID-19? (May 21, 2020). European Journal of International Law, European Journal of International Law (forthcoming 2020), 21 May 2020

Lorenzo Gasbarri, The Failure to Pursue the Mandates of International Organizations in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, EJIL Talk!, May 27, 2020 


Sandrine De Herdt, A Reference to the ICJ for an Advisory Opinion over COVID-19 Pandemic, EJIL Talk! 20 May 2020







Aarshi Tirkey, Corrective Justice: Can China be Held Responsible for Covid-19? The Statesmen, 14 May 2020 

Binoy Kampmark, The Liabilities of History: The Dangers of Pandemic Compensation, International Policy Digest, 14 May 2020


Weidemaier, Mark C. and Gulati, Gaurang Mitu, Necessity and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Capital Markets Law Journal (2020 Forthcoming), 12 May 2020


Jacques deLisle, Pursuing Politics through Legal Means: U.S. Efforts to Hold China Responsible for COVID-19, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 11 May 2020

Xinhua, Reality Check of US Allegations Against China on COVID-19, Global Times, 10 May 2020 

Klein, Natalie, International Law Perspectives on Cruise Ships and COVID-19, (forthcoming) Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies; UNSW Law Research Paper No. 20-13, 07 May 2020


Henning Lahmann, CHINA Does China Really Owe the World Trillions of Dollars? Lawfare, 07 May 2020 
 
Richard Haass, A Cold War With China Would Be a Mistake, The Wall Street Journal, 07 May 2020 

Jemy Gatdula Making China Pay,  Business World, 07 May 2020

Beth Van Schaack, Accountability in the Time of COVID-19: Syria & Iraq, Just Security, 06 May 2020 


Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Can Trade Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Enhance State Compliance with International Health Regulations? Insights from MARPOL 73/78, ASIL Insights Issue: 8 Volume: 24, 04 May 2020 


Errol Patrick Mendes, Marcus Kolga and Sarah Teich, China was in violation of International Health Regulations. What do we do now? Maclean's, 03 May 2020

 Steven Erlanger, Global Backlash Builds Against China Over Coronavirus, The New York Times, 03 May 2020 



Adina Ponta, Cyber Operations Against Medical Facilities During Peacetime, Lawfare, 01 May 2020

 Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi, The staggering merit of Covid-19 litigations vs. China? (Part-11), Daily Times, 01 May 2020   
Sasil, Pascal and Karthikeyan, Samruthi, International Legal Action Against The People's Republic of China Over COVID-19 Woes: Prospects, Probabilities and Possibilities via SSRN

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