Decision-Making Authority of the World Health Organization in a Pandemic: Institutionalism and Beyond

Novičić, Žaklina (2021) Decision-Making Authority of the World Health Organization in a Pandemic: Institutionalism and Beyond. In: International Organizations and States' Response to COVID-19. Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, pp. 109-125. ISBN 978-86-7067-291-8

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Abstract

This paper discusses the World Health Organization’s decision-making power in a pandemic through the analysis of its formal rules and regulatory arrangements. It concludes that the authority of the Organization remained mainly within soft law, which means it is nonbinding and advisory in nature. But, since the author assumed the growing perception of the binding nature of WHO’s decisions in the general public, she proposes ways to investigate this phenomenon beyond the conventional institutional approach and through the naming and shaming processes and the so-called multistakeholder regime.

Item Type: Book Chapter
Uncontrolled Keywords: WHO, decision-making, authority, legitimacy, recommendation, non-binding advice, soft law, international law, theory of international relations, institutionalism, intergovernmentalism, multilateralism, transnationalism, multistakeholderism, naming and shaming
Depositing User: Ana Vukićević
Date Deposited: 10 Feb 2022 08:37
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2023 13:04
URI: http://repozitorijum.diplomacy.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/801

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