Safeguarding the Pandemic Agreement from Disinformation

Authors

Alexandra Finch, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law CenterFollow
Kevin A. Klock, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health LawFollow
Sam F. Halabi, O'​Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown UniversityFollow
Sarah A. Wetter, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-21-2024

Abstract

Complicating the negotiation of a global pandemic treaty has been a sustained disinformation campaign worldwide to undermine the agreement by making and amplifying spurious assertions about what it intends to accomplish and how it will do so. Central to the disinformation campaign are erroneous claims about national sovereignty and forcible takings of pandemic countermeasures. Further, legitimate and unfounded unease concern weakened intellectual property (IP) and speech rights. Having followed the negotiations and provided technical assistance to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) leadership, we set the record straight in several key areas.

Publication Citation

ThinkGlobalHealth

Scholarly Commons Citation

Finch, Alexandra; Klock, Kevin A.; Gostin, Lawrence O.; Halabi, Sam F.; and Wetter, Sarah A., "Safeguarding the Pandemic Agreement from Disinformation" (2024). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2601.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2601