The World Health Organization's New International Health Regulations: Incursion on State Sovereignty and Ill-Fated Response to Global Health Issues From: Chicago Journal of International Law | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Mack, Eric | Copyright University of Chicago Law School Summer 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

The fact that "[i]nfectious diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide"1 may explain why the World Health Assembly2 chose to adopt a new set of International Health Regulations ("IHRs 2005") in May 2005. According to the World Health Organization ("WHO"), the regulations will "prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease."3 While the purpose of the IHRs 2005 remains the same as that of its predecess...

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