Roojin Habibi

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Assistant Professor

57 Louis Pasteur Street

Ottawa, K1N 6N5

Canada

York University, Osgoode Hall Law School

PhD Candidate

North York, Ontario

Canada

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (18)

1.

Travel Restrictions Violate International Law

Science, 367(6485): 1436 (2020)
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 25 Jun 2020
Benjamin Mason Meier, Roojin Habibi and Y. Tony Yang
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and George Washington University
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Has Global Health Law Risen to Meet the COVID-19 Challenge? Revisiting the International Health Regulations to Prepare for Future Threats

48 Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 376-381 (2020)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 11 May 2020 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2021
Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
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Global Health Law, COVID-19, International Health Regulations, World Health Organization

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The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

University of Groningen Faculty of Law Research Paper No.14/2023
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 May 2023 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2023
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, Sheffield Hallam University - Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, University of Essex - School of Law, University of Geneva - Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID), UNAIDS, University of Cambridge, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, University of Warwick - Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), International Commission of Jurists, King’s College London, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, York University, World Health Organization, Center for Biomedical EthicsTaipei Medical University, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, CSEF - University of Naples Federico II, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, International Commission of Jurists, Madhira Institute, International Commission of Jurists, University of Warwick, United Nations, University of GroningenUniversity of Groningen - Faculty of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Washington - School of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network, Harvard University - Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics and Physicians for Human Rights
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global health law, public health law, human rights, public international law, public health emergency

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Legalizing Cannabis Violates the UN Drug Control Treaties, But Progressive Countries Like Canada Have Options

Ottawa Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Mar 2018
Roojin Habibi and Steven Hoffman
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and York University
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The 2024 Amendments to the International Health Regulations: A New Era for Global Health Law in Pandemic Preparedness and Response?

Forthcoming in the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, volume 52, issue 4, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2024-20
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 20 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2024
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, King’s College London and University of Geneva - Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID)
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International Health RegulationsInfectious diseases, Pandemics, Equity, Access to medicines, World Health Organization, Infectious Diseases

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A Global Health Law Trilogy: Transformational Reforms to Strengthen Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Forthcoming September 2022)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Jul 2022
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
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International Health Regulations, Global Health Security Agenda, Pandemic Treaty, World Health Organization, COVID-19

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The Stellenbosch Consensus on the International Legal Obligation to Collaborate and Assist in Addressing Pandemics: Clarifying Article 44 of the International Health Regulations

International Organizations Law Review (2020), DOI No: 10.1163/15723747-2020024
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 21 May 2023
York University, York University, University of Geneva - Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID), University of Cambridge, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, King’s College London, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, CSEF - University of Naples Federico II, University of Antwerp - Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), University of Warwick, University of Washington - School of Law and Harvard University - Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics
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Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; treaty interpretation; international health regulations; international organizations; World Health Organization; international duty to assist; global health governance; international human rights law

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The World Health Organization in Global Health Law

The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Vol. 48, Issue 4, Pp. 796-799. DOI: 10.1177/1073110520979392
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 22 Jan 2021
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of Washington - School of Law, King’s College London, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Warwick and Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
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Global Health Law, Health Law & Policy, Global Health, COVID-19, Infectious Diseases, World Health Organization

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Human Rights Challenges in the Pandemic Treaty Negotiations

Geneva Health Files, available at https://genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/human-rights-challenges-in-the-pandemic#%C2%A7human-rights-challenges-in-the-pandemic-treaty-negotiations
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Aug 2023
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Essex - School of Law, University of Warwick - Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, International Commission of Jurists, University of Warwick, Save the Children and Physicians for Human Rights
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Human Rights, Global Health, Pandemic Treaty, World Health Organization, COVID-19

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Submission on the first draft general recommendation no. 37 (2023) on racial discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to health

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 11 Aug 2023
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Essex - School of Law, University of Geneva - Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID), University of Geneva, King’s College London, Sheffield Hallam University - Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Center for Biomedical EthicsTaipei Medical University, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, CSEF - University of Naples Federico II, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Warwick, University of Washington - School of Law and Harvard University - Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics
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right to health, racial discrimination, international human rights law

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The Stellenbosch Consensus on Legal National Responses to Public Health Risks

International Organizations Law Review (2020)
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Dec 2020
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, York University, University of Geneva - Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID), University of Cambridge, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of Law, York University, University of Geneva, King’s College London, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, CSEF - University of Naples Federico II, University of Antwerp - Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), University of Warwick, University of Washington - School of Law and Harvard University - Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics
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Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, International Health Regulations, international organizations, World Health Organization, global health law, pandemics, travel bans, trade restrictions

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The WHO’s 75th anniversary: WHO at a Pivotal Moment in History

Georgetown University Law Center Research Paper, Forthcoming, (2023). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2509., BMJ Global Health, published online first April 21, 2023.
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 May 2023
Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of Law, The Helen Clark Foundation, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, Government of the Federal Republic of Germany - German Federal Ministry of Health, Sunway University, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, RBM Partnership to End Malaria, Public Health Foundation of India, School of Law, University of Nairobi and University of Nairobi
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World Health Organisation, WHO, global health, global governance, human rights, health law

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On Sea Monsters and Sandcastles: Revisiting International Legal Frameworks regarding Public Health and Human Rights in Global Health Emergencies

Alicia Ely Yamin, Stefania Negri, and Roojin Habibi, "On Sea Monsters and Sandcastles: Revisiting International Legal Frameworks regarding Public Health and Human Rights in Global Health Emergencies," in Yearbook of International Disaster Law Online (Brill, 20221), 3:(1), 180-209.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Mar 2022
Alicia Ely Yamin, Stefania Negri and Roojin Habibi
Harvard University - Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, CSEF - University of Naples Federico II and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Public Health, Human Rights, Global Health Emergency

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Global Health Law: Between Hard and Soft Law

Jounral of Law, Medicine and Ethics (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 01 Oct 2024
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Georgetown University - The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Global health law, Global health governance, International law, Soft law, World Health Organization, United Nations

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Travel Restrictions and Variants of Concern: Global Health Laws Need to Reflect Evidence

Meier, Benjamin Mason et al. “Travel restrictions and variants of concern: global health laws need to reflect evidence.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization vol. 100,3 (2022): 178-178A. doi:10.2471/BLT.21.287735
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 20 Apr 2022
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of Essex - School of Law, University of Geneva - Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, King’s College London, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, CSEF - University of Naples Federico II, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Warwick, University of Washington - School of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Harvard University - Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics and York University
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travel restrictions, COVID-19, Global Health Law

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The World Health Organization Was Born as a Normative Agency: Seventy-Five Years of Global Health Law Under Who Governance

Georgetown University Law Center Research Paper No. Forthcoming, PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 4, art. no. e0002928, 2024, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002928., (2024). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2593., University of Groningen Faculty of Law Research Paper No.8/2024
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 22 May 2024
Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, University of the Witwatersrand - School of Public Health, University of Essex - School of Law, University of Geneva - Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID), University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of Law, Georgetown University - The O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Taipei Medical University, University of GroningenUniversity of Groningen - Faculty of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
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Global health, Human rights, Pandemics, Public and occupational health, COVID 19, Critical care and emergency medicine, Health economics, International relations

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A Critical Juncture for Human Rights in Global Health: Strengthening Human Rights Through Global Health Law Reforms

PLOS Global Public Health 3(12): e0002663. DOI No. 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002663, (2023). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2567., Georgetown University Law Center Research Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Sheffield Hallam University - Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, University of Essex - School of Law, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Warwick and Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
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Human rights, Global health law, Public and occupational health, Pandemic, vaccine

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Solidarity in the Wake of COVID-19: Reimagining the International Health Regulations

The Lancet, 396(10244), 82-83
Posted: 25 Feb 2021
University of Washington - School of Law, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, University of Geneva - Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID), University of Geneva, King’s College London, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Harvard University - Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Faculty of Law, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, University of Antwerp - Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), University of Warwick and York University

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