Al Qalam: Jurnal Ilmiah Keagamaan dan Kemasyarakatan
Vol. 17, No 3 : Al Qalam (Mei 2023)

International Legal Instruments as the Rule of the Game for the Trade in COVID-19 Vaccine

Nynda Fatmawati Octarina (Universitas Narotama)
Faizin Rahmadi Akbar (Universitas Narotama)
Mardika Mardika (Universitas Narotama)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 May 2023

Abstract

This article discusses international legal instruments that guide the trade in COVID-19 Vaccine. After efforts to discover and develop COVID-19 Vaccine which in fact are in favor of developed countries and high-tech countries as well as rich countries and high-income countries, and then this condition continues to have an impact on the distribution and trade stages resulting in difficulty in accessing the COVID-19 Vaccine fairly and equitably for developing countries and least-developed countries. Tracking international legal instruments from upstream to downstream have been needed to form a comprehensive mindset and find the right of rule of the game of trade in COVID-19 Vaccine. Finally, it was found that various of international legal instruments in form of international agreement that were closely related to the trade in COVID-19 Vaccine is already available, as well as being able to frame the interest of developing countries and least-developed countries on a reasonable basis, that is the occurrence of a national health emergency due to the COVID-19 disease. The principle of pacta sunt servanda must be used as a basic reason that binding all world countries to obey and comply with the contents of international agreement in accordance with the legal will of the competent authorities through the ratification process of that international agreement.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

al-qalam

Publisher

Subject

Social Sciences

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ALQALAM : Jurnal Ilmiah Keagamaan dan Kemasyarakatan (P-ISSN: 1907-4174 ; E-ISSN: 2621-0681) merupakan jurnal berkala yang diterbitkan oleh Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Al-Quran (STIQ) Amuntai Kalimantan Selatan yang memuat tulisan dari dosen, tenaga kependidikan, pemerhati pendidikan dan lain sebagainya. ...