Bridging law, public health and human rights for a fairer, healthier and more secure world.

I’m Dr. Roojin Habibi (she/her/hers)

 

My name is Roojin (roo-zheen) Habibi. I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law (Common Law Section), an Investigator and Research Director of Global Health Law at the Global Strategy Lab (York University and uOttawa), and a Canadian-Iranian lawyer.

I work at the intersection of law, public health, and human rights, focusing on the rules and institutions that shape how we prepare for and respond to public and global health emergencies. My research is inherently interdisciplinary and uses a broad range of methodologies, with a view to translating legal and empirical analysis into tools that policymakers, advocates, and institutions can use—through academic publications, commissioned reports, textbook contributions, and public commentary.

I have contributed to several high‑impact global initiatives. In 2019, I served as lead author and rapporteur of the “Stellenbosch Consensus Statement on Legal National Responses to Public Health Risks,” which offered the first in‑depth interpretation of the legal parameters governing cross‑border health measures under the International Health Regulations (2005) and helped catalyze the Global Health Law Consortium. In 2022, I was appointed by the WHO Director‑General to the Review Committee regarding amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005), providing technical recommendations on more than 300 proposed amendments. I also helped found a partnership with the International Commission of Jurists that culminated in the 2023 Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies.

In my role as professor, I teach in the areas of public and constitutional law, and public and global health law. I also serve on expert bodies where I contribute expertise on global and public health governance and law, including the PAHO Strategic Advisory Group on Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness, the Pax Sapiens Expert Panel on the Pandemic Compensation Initiative, and the Public Health Ethics Advisory Committee of Ontario. In addition, I am a Board Member of McGill University’s Pandemic and Emergencies Readiness Lab, and was the founding co‑chair of the American Society of International Law’s Interest Group on Global Health Law.

I welcome invitations for media interviews, speaking engagements, research collaborations, and advisory work, in English, French, and Farsi. For more updates on my work or to connect, please reach out via email or LinkedIn, or find me on Bluesky 🦋 at @roojinhabibi.org.

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Publications

How do transnational institutions, norms and actors shape struggles for health equity and justice?

 
 

I study a range of public health law and policy issues to unpack this query.

My research strives to contribute both to empirical and theoretical academic knowledge, while embracing opportunities for creative collaboration and multisectoral partnership.

Most of my published work is available open access. To receive a copy of any that are not, please email me.

 
 
 
 
 

Public Engagement

Click below for a selection of my past speaking engagements at national and international conferences, as well as with print and broadcast news media. For opinion pieces written by me, please see Publications.

 
 
 

Keynote, Panel & Other Presentations

  • The Implications of the Global Order for Global Health Governance. Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. 28 May (Panellist, with Alexandra Gheciu, Patrick Fafard, and André Bulabula).

    Documenting the Pandemic Treaty: An interview with the Editor, Contributors, and Series Editor of the Forthcoming Pandemic Treaty Travaux Préparatoires. American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 24 April (Panellist, with Alexandra Phelan, Alicia Ely Yamin, Sam Halabi and Emmannuelle Cousin).

    Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Legal Framework as a Tool for Legal Preparedness. Capacity-Building Workshop for Eastern African Member States: Strengthening Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies. Africa CDC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 25 March (Workshop Instructor).

    Legal Authority During Public Health Emergencies. Capacity-Building Workshop for Eastern African Member States: Strengthening Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies. Africa CDC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 24 March (Workshop Instructor).

    The Equitification of Rights: How COVID-19 Rewrote the Story of Health and Human Rights. UNC Chapel Hill Health and Human Rights Lecture Series, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 4 March (Speaker).

    Informed Perspectives: Celebrating 16 Years of Women in Media. Informed Perspectives, Ottawa. 17 February (Panellist, with Julie Cafley, Jessica Davis, and Kate Hopwood).

    Emerging Global Health Law Reforms and Implications for Canada. Canada’s Role in Global Health Security: Policy Salon, Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa. 11 February (Panellist, with Sam Halabi, Michael Torunian, and Christopher MacLennan).

    Politics of Pandemic Preparedness. Launch of the Pandemic and Emergencies Readiness Lab, McGill University, Montréal. 3 February (Panellist, with Nina Schwalbe, Fatima Hassan, and Jennifer Welsh).

    OMS/WHO - Regard prospectif 2035 sur l'avenir des organisations internationals. Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale, Université de Laval, Québec. 27 January (Panellist, with Cynthia Couette).

  • Global Health Law on World Human Rights Day: Celebrating and Cementing Human Rights in Trying Times. Annual Global Health Law Consortium Meeting, Groningen Centre for Global Health Law, Groningen, The Netherlands. 10 December (Keynote Speaker).

    Making the Technical Political: The Long Road to a Pandemic Agreement. Seminar Series, Dalhousie Health Justice Institute, Dalhousie University. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 24 October (Speaker).

    A Victory for Global Health? Interrogating the Promises of a Future Pandemic Treaty. Canadian Council of International Law Annual Meeting. 14 November (Chair, with Ana Ayala, Benjamin M. Meier & Chidi Oguamanam).

    Global Health Law as an Emerging Praxis. Health Law, Policy, and Ethics Seminar Series, University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, 30 September (Speaker).

    Drafting Without Mandate: Informal Norm-Making in International Human Rights Law. ASIL Research Forum. Cleveland, 27 September (Paper Presenter, with Rossana Deplano, Paul Dubinsky, and Jean Galbraith).

    Thematic Session: Global Health Law. ASIL Research Forum. Cleveland, Ohio, 26 September (Paper Discussant, with Olamide Abiose & J. P. Li).

    When the Center Cannot Hold: Navigating Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response in an Age of Global Upheaval. The British Academy, London, UK (remote). 25 September (Paper Presenter).

    Teaching Public Health Law in Canada: Reflections from an in-progress study on conceptual boundaries, pedagogical approaches, and learning outcomes. Canadian Law Teachers Association Conference. Saskatoon, 10 June (Speaker).

    Whither Human Rights in International Legal Reforms on Pandemics and Public Health Emergencies, 48th Annual Health Law Professors Conference. Boston. 4 June (Panelist, with Safura Abdool Karim, Benjamin Meier, Neil Sircar, Lisa Forman).

    Perspective on WHO’s Normative Leadership: An Empirical and Comparative Analysis of Six States. Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la culture collaborative en droit et politiques de la santé. 2 June (Speaker, with Catherine Régis, Miriam Cohen, Gaëlle Foucault, Katherine Ginsbach, Pierre Larouche, Hugo Muñoz & Sandra Hotz).

    Multilateralism in Flux. Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Impact Conference (2022 Cohort), Banff. 14 May (Moderator, with François Crépeau, Robert Huish & Marjolaine Lamontagne).

    Between Tradition and Transition in Multilateral Treaty-Making: Pandemics, Plastics, and Cybercrime. American Society of International Law Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. 16 April (Moderator, with Alexandra Phelan, Katniss Li & Ben Grazda).

    Global Health at a Crossroads. Maryland Journal of International Law. Baltimore. 28 February (Speaker).

  • Securing Equitable Access to Essential Medicines. Roundtable on Global and European Health Governance and Law: A Contested Road. Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. Berlin, Germany. 4 December (Speaker).

    What’s a Global Health Emergency and Who Gets to Decide? Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, and Global Health Law Consortium. Berlin, Germany. 2-3 December (Speaker).

    What Difference Do Our Ideas Make for Healthy Societies? An Invitation for Lawyers to Act on the Determinants of Equity in Their Practices. Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. 25 November (Moderator, with Katrina Plamondon)

    Canada Before International Courts and Tribunals: Academic Papers-in-Progress Workshop. Ottawa, Canada. 6 November (Co-organizer, with the Canadian Yearbook of International Law, ICJ Canada, and the uOttawa International Law Group).

    Pandemics, Public Health and Borders: Book Launch. 25 September. Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. Ottawa (Speaker, with YY Chen, Sam Halabi, Colleen Flood, Adam Houston, Emmanuelle Bernheim & Kumanan Wilson).

    Transnational Health Law at the Human-Pathogen Nexus: A Sisyphean Odyssey. 24 September. Tauranga, New Zealand [virtual]. Te Piringa Faculty of Law, University of Waikato (Guest Lecturer).

    Creating Equitable Access to Medicines: A Human Rights Case for Reparations. 11 September. Ottawa, Canada. Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, University of Ottawa (Moderator, with Sharifah Sekalala).

    “The World Together” in Pandemic Preparedness & Response [Side Event to the 2024 Global Health Security Conference]. 17 June. Sydney, Australia. (Co-Organizer, with Jeremy de Beer, Ayelet Berman, Luciano Bottini Filho, Lisa Forman, Chidi Oguamanam, Diego Silva, Pedro Villarreal).

    Legal Responses to Disease Events. 20 June. Sydney, Australia. Global Health Security 2024. (Chair, with Martha Achan, Wendy Williams & Pedro Villarreal).

    The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies: A Practical Toolkit for Public Health Practitioners and Policy Makers. 18 June. Sydney, Australia. Global Health Security 2024 (Workshop Co-Host, with Luciano Bottini Filho).

    The Future of the IHR: Reflections from the IHR Review Committee. 19 June. Sydney, Australia. Global Health Security 2024 (Panelist, with Clare Wenham & Aalisha Sahu Khan).

    Human Rights Institutions in Public Health Emergency Management. Symposium on Designing a Regional Health Governance Approach. 29 April. Toronto, Canada. Lincoln Alexander School of Law (Speaker, with Uchechukwu Ngwaba).

    Reforming Global Health Law to Ensure Human Rights in Global Health. 9 March. Los Angeles, United States. Consortium of Universities for Global Health 2024 Annual Conference (Speaker, with Benjamin M. Meier, Safura Abdool Karim & Sofia Gruskin).

    Why the Right to Health is Essential for an Effective Pandemic Treaty: In- Person Roundtable Dialogue with Geneva Permanent Missions. 12 February. Geneva, Switzerland [virtual]. Global Health Hub and Civil Society Alliance (Speaker, with Sarah Collinson, Baba Aye, Lynn Gentile, Safura Abdool Karim, Benjamin M. Meier & Rossella de Falco).

  • Advancing Health Justice in a Turbulent World: A University of Ottawa Symposium Commemorating 75 Years of the WHO and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Faculty of Law (Common Law Section), University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. 8 December (Host, with ICJ Canada, Global Health Law Consortium, Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, Human Rights Research and Education Centre, and ASIL Interest Group in Global Health Law).

    Young Scholars’ Workshop. Canadian Yearbook of International Law & the International Law Group, University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. 1 November (Commentator, with Godwin E. K. Dzah).

    Making Rights Matter in Post-Pandemic Reforms. Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. 5 October (Speaker, with Errol Mendes & Masud Husain).

    The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies: From Expert Consensus to Global Action. Center for Medical Ethics and Law, University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong. 22 August (Invited Speaker).

    Human Rights 75 Roundtable – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Looking to Future Generations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. 26 June (Panelist, with Magdalena Sepùlveda Carmona, Jasmina Byrne & Andrew David Raine).

    Reforming Global Health Law for Rights-Based Approaches to Pandemic Preparedness and Response. Department of Global and Public Health, McGill University. 14 June (Guest Lecturer, McGill Summer Institute on Pandemic Preparedness, Alert & Response).

    Beyond Panic & Neglect – Building a Human Rights Framework for Public Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response. Geneva, Switzerland. 23 May (Host, with Graduate Institute Global Health Centre, Global Health Law Consortium & International Commission of Jurists).

    Bridging the Gaps: Vaccine inequity in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. American Society of International Law’s 117th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. 29 March (Moderator, with Steven Solomon, Luke McDonagh, Padideh Ala’i & Jelena Madir).

    American Society of International Law 117th Annual Meeting: The Reach and Limits of International Law to Solve Today's Challenges. American Society of International Law. Washington, DC. 29-31 March (with Priya Pillai, Jennifer Permesly, Sergio Puig & ASIL Annual Meeting Committee).

    International Law, Coloniality & Global Health. Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. 22 March (Guest Lecturer, Deconstructing Racism - CML 4914)

    From Crisis to Change: Charting a New Course for Global Health Through International Law. School of Public and International Affairs, Glendon College, York University. Toronto, Canada. 16 February (Guest Lecturer).

    Concluding Workshop on the Principles and Guidelines for Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies. Fondation Brocher. Hermance, Switzerland. 17 – 18 January (Host, with Global Health Law Consortium and the International Commission of Jurists).

    Equity Models for a Pandemic Agreement – WHO Collaborating Centre Support for New Coordinating Mechanisms. UNAIDS, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law & Foundation for National Institutes of Health. Geneva, Switzerland. 16 – 17 January (Discussant, with: Gian Luca Burci, Precious Matsoso Noor Nakibuuka Musisi & Stephanie Dagron).

  • Pandemics, Boundaries and the Law. The London International Boundary Conference. Volterra Fietta and King’s College London. 13 December (Panelist, with: Robert Volterra, Thana de Campos-Rudinsky, Olipa Jere, Anti Malhotra & Bhupinder Singh).

    Empowering Graduate Students to Become Global Leaders: Practical Tips to Transform Learners into Innovators. 60th Annual Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Conference. 2 November (Panelist, with: Jasmine Mah, Prativa Baral, Tobias Gerhard Schminke & Michelle Liu).

    Vaccine Passports: Considerations of Privacy, Security and International Coordination. Borders, Boundaries & Pandemics, University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law and Ethics. 22 October (Chair, with: Pedro Villarreal, Vivek Krishnamurthy & Michael Veale).

    Centering Human Dignity and Rights in International Law’s Discourse on Public Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response. SSHRC Explore Grant Research Symposium on Adequate Preparedness and Response to Future Pandemics through the Creation of a Regional Framework for Health Governance within the Inter-American Human Rights System. 28 September (Invited Speaker).

    Revising the Human Rights Guiding Principles on Public Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response: Deliberation of Regional Consultation Leads (‘Nairobi Summit’). British Institute in Eastern Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. 6-7 September (Host, with: Global Health Law Consortium and the International Commission of Jurists).

    Global Health Law and Pandemics: From COVID-19 to a Pandemic Treaty? ICON-S. 5 July (Panelist, with: Aeyal Gross, Alicia Ely Yamin & Pedro Villarreal).

    Human Rights in a Pandemic Treaty: Drafting Workshop. Hikma Summit of International Relations. 13 May (Workshop Expert, with: Timothy Fish Hodgson)

    Reforming Global Health Law to Respond to Pandemic Threats. 30 March (Panelist, with: Benjamin Meier, Lawrence Gostin, Ana Ayala & Nithin Ramakrishnan)

    Multilateralism in Flux. Canadian International Council Hamilton Branch. 16 March (Panelist, with: David Malone & Rory Nisan)

    The International Legal System. Trudeau Centre for Peace, Conflict and Justice 16th Annual Student Conference. 31 January (Panelist, with: Uchechukwu Ngwaba, David Walders & Bryce Edwards)

    Global Public Sociology Conversations: Global Solidarity and Cooperation, Human Rights and Vaccine Equity. York University Department of Sociology. 28 January (Panelist, with: Obiora C. Okafor, S Harris Ali & Sylvia Bawa)

  • Expert Consensus Conference on Human Rights Principles and Guidelines for Public Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response. Mantello, Italy. 22 – 23 November (Host, with: Global Health Law Consortium and the International Commission of Jurists).

    Vaccine Apartheid & Canada’s Role in Global Health. LegalVoices Conference (Lincoln Alexander School of Law). 13 November (Panelist, with: Uchechukwu Ngwaba, Obiora C. Okafor & Sanjay Ruparelia).

    Global Health Law in the Time of COVID-19: Towards Systemic Integration in International Trade Law, Human Rights Law and Global Health Law. Canadian Council of International Law Annual Meeting. 22 October (Chair, with: Tim Fish Hodgson, Katrina Perehudoff & Benjamin Meier).

    Draft Principles on Human Rights for the Proposed Pandemic Treaty. Open Society Foundations. 14 October (Moderator, with: Tim Fish Hodgson, Alexandra Phelan, Rajat Khosla, Tlaleng Mofokeng & Benjamin Meier).

    Precarity in a Time of Global Health Crisis: Reconciling International Legal Imperatives in Public Health, Human Rights, and Solidarity. Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town & Berkeley Center for Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law. 14 July (Keynote Address).

    COVID-19 & cross-border health measures: Lessons learned and critical questions for the future of the International Health Regulations. Global Health Centre (74th World Health Assembly Side Event). 26 May (Panelist, with: Barbara von Tigerstrom, Lisa Forman, Diego S. Silva, Karen Grépin, Catherine Worsnop, James Wiltshire & Jason Win).

    Pandemic, Inequalities, Human Rights, and Nation States: Analyzing the Impact of Globalization and Canada’s Role. Canadian International Council Winnipeg Branch. 15 April (Panelist, with: Alexander Reyes & Elisabeth Vallet).

    From Revision to Revival: Transforming the International Health Regulations for a Pandemic Resilient Future. International Studies Association 2021 Annual Conference. 6 April (Panelist, with: Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, Isaac Weldon, Alexandra Phelan & Lisa Forman).

    Roundtable Discussion on Global Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine. Maryland Journal of International Law. 2 April (Panelist, with: Emmanuel Oke, Diane Desierto & Anthony So).

    Foreign Policy by Canadians: Global Public Health. Canadian International Council (CIC), Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) & Global Canada. 30 March 2021 (Panelist, with: Nadja Pollaert, Margaret Catley-Carlson, Nilima Gulrajani & Julia Anderson).

    New Approaches and Lessons Learned in Inter-Governmental Pandemic Response Coordination. American Society of International Law 2021 Annual Meeting (Reconceiving International Law: Creativity in Times of Crisis). 26 March (Moderator, with: Funmi Olarunnipa Badejo, Thomas Bollyky, Lu Chuanying & Caroline Edwards).

    Harnessing Global Health Law to Respond to Pandemic Threats. Consortium of Universities for Global Health 2021 Conference. 14 March (Panelist, with: Benjamin Meier, Lawrence O. Gostin & Sharifah Sekalala).

    Health, Human Rights and Covid-19. University of Toronto International Human Rights Program, and Queen’s University. 24 February (Panel Expert)

    Emerging into the Future: Trends in Law, Medicine and Technology Post-Pandemic. Center for Global Governance and Emerging Law. 18 February (Panelist).

    Demystifying International Law: Speed Mentoring in International Law. Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. 29 January 2021 (Speed Mentor).

  • Human Rights in the Age of COVID. The Society for International Affairs (Trinity College Dublin). 26 November (Panelist, with: Michael O’Flaherty, Liam Herrick & István Hegedűs)

    The International Health Regulations: Are They Working? O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law Colloquium. Zoom Teleconference. 11 November (Panelist, with: Gian Luca Burci, Allyn Taylor & Benjamin Meier).

    What Would Everyday Canadians Want Canada To Do? Framing the Debate for Citizens. Canadian International Council. Zoom Teleconference. 9 November (Panelist, with: Valerie Percival, Nilima Gulrajani & Ben Rowswell).

    Global Health Governance Post-COVID-19. Liberal Party of Canada Human Rights Caucus. Zoom Teleconference. 21 September (Panel Expert, with: Lawrence O. Gostin, Allyn L. Taylor & James Orbinski).

    Human Rights Principles in Times of Public Health Emergency: A Proposal. International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) – COVID-19 and Siracusa Principles. Zoom Teleconference. 12 June (Oral Presentation).

    Devising Post-Pandemic Rights-Based Approaches to Global Health & Gender – SDGs 3 & 5. Zoom Teleconference. 15 May 2020 (Intervenor).

    American Model World Health Organization International Conference: Refugee and Migrant Health. University of North Carolina Zoom Teleconference. 3-5 April (Panelist, with: Benjamin Meier & Gian Luca Burci).

  • Article 43 of the WHO’s International Health Regulations. Consensus Conference on Global Health Law. Stellenbosch, South Africa. 10 - 12 April (Oral Presentation and Discussion Facilitator).

  • Health Law in Research and Practice. Queen’s Health Law Association, Kingston, Ontario. 4 March (Panelist, with: Nareh Ghalustians, & John McIntyre).

    2018 Calgary Luncheon Speaker Series: Cannabis. Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Calgary, Alberta. 30 November (Panelist, with Lorian Hardcastle & Jonathan Denis).

    International legal dimensions of cannabis legalization: Reconciling national priorities with international obligations. McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy. Montreal, Québec. 26 - 27 April (Speaker).

  • Current and future roles of global health law. International Studies Association Annual Convention. Baltimore, United States. 25 February 2017 (Panelist, with: Susan Rogers Van Katwyk).

    Disclosing financial relationships between physicians and industry: Proposal for a comparative policy analysis in Australia, France and the United States. VELiM Conversation. Sydney, Australia. 2 July 2015 (Oral Presentation).

    Regulating the pharmaceutical sales visit in Canada, France and the United States: a comparative qualitative analysis of stakeholder opinions on regulatory effectiveness. Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research. Montreal, Québec. 26-28 May 2015 (Poster Presentation).

    « La réglementation sur la visite médicale, qu’en pensez-vous? » Une étude comparant les opinions des informateurs clés sur la réglementation en matière de visite médicale en France, au Canada et aux États-Unis. Réncontres Prescrire. Paris, France. 2014 (Oral Presentation).

    An analysis of the effect of clinical evidence and policy on the content of drug promotions. Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics National Student Conference. Hamilton, Ontario. 9 - 10 May 2014 (Poster Presentation).

    Do promotions by pharmaceutical sales representatives vary according to the level of clinical evidence and national policy? A research in progress. Pharmaceutical Policy Research Collaboration Meeting. Ottawa, Ontario. 28 - 30 April 2014 (Oral Presentation).

    Quality and quantity of information in Summary Basis of decision documents issued by Health Canada. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health Symposium. Gatineau, Québec. 6-8 April 2014 (Poster Presentation).

 

Select Press, TV & Radio Appearances

  • Suspension of immigration from Ebola-affected countries

    TV interview with Global News (27 May 2026)

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  • Government clamps down on immigration from Ebola-affected countries

    TV interview with CBC News: The National (26 May 2026)

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  • International law on hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius

    Quoted by Álvaro Sánchez-Martín and Pablo Linde, El País (9 May).

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  • Claim WHO controls Australian health policy not accurate: experts

    Quoted by AAP FactCheck reporters (31 July 2025)

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  • US withdrawal from WHO

    Live TV Interview with CTV News Calgary (27 January 2025)

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  • Human rights in the Pandemic Agreement

    Quoted in BMJ News (4 June 2023)

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  • Legality of vaccine mandates

    Live TV Interview with CTV News (12 January 2022)

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  • Global COVID vaccine inequities

    Quoted in The Toronto Star (17 February 2022)

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  • Travel restrictions in global health law

    Quoted in Health Policy Watch (26 May 2021)

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  • International law & cruise ship quarantines

    Live TV Interview with BBC News (19 February 2020)

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  • Emergency public health laws

    Quoted in Global News (19 March 2020)

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  • COVID-19 travel restrictions

    Quoted in York University News (3 December 2020)

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  • Health inequalities and COVID-19

    Quoted in York University News (4 September 2020)

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  • Cruise ships & COVID-19

    Quoted in The Guardian (18 February 2020)

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  • Pandemic Treaty: Game changer or empty promises?

    Quoted in BMJ News (22 April 2025)

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