Canada's violation of international law during the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak

Canadian Yearbook of International Law

Volumn 54, Issue , 2017, Pages 366-383

  Tejpar, Ali ^a   Hoffman, steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ebola; Global health governance; Infectious diseases; International health law; International Health Regulations; Pandemic responses; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046414115     PISSN: 00690058     EISSN: 19250169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/cyl.2017.18     Document Type: Article

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