New research: COVID-19 — Test for the World's Legal Systems
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not only become a global health and economic challenge but has also raised the questions of the sufficiency of emergency regulations at the international and national levels and the selection of the most effective response measures.
What regulation has been applied to the COVID-19 pandemic at the international, regional, and national levels in various States?
How has such legislation evolved in the context of the pandemic?
What measures have been introduced to support organizations and citizens as well as to prevent the spread of the virus and mitigate the consequences of the pandemic?
The new ICLRC research answers these questions and its results can be used to improve existing regulation, introduce the best approaches and practices for the prevention and response to emergencies, including in the health sector, in the future.
The key conclusions: At the universal and regional levels, including within the framework of the EAEU, there is no detailed regulation of relations arising in connection with emergency situations. The creation of relevant international regulations or guidelines would have allowed States to make decisions more quickly and in a more balanced manner. A common feature of the legislation of all the examined States is the possibility of introducing special legal regimes in the event of an emergency.
Special legislation providing for regulation in the case of the spread of infectious diseases specifically was adopted in a number of States before the COVID-19 pandemic and during it and has proved to be necessary. The decentralization of decision-making and the risk-based approach can provide the most effective response to emergency situations such as COVID-19. States should be able to exercise judicial control over compliance with the criteria of necessity and proportionality when imposing restrictive measures. In general, Russia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is in line with the global approaches both in the field of regulation and in the context of specific measures to support the population and organizations and counter the spread of the virus.
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- Olga Melnichenko
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Education: ITLOS-Nippon Foundation Capacity-Building and Training Programme on Dispute Settlement under UNCLOS (2021–2022) (Hamburg, Germany); The Hague Academy of International Law (August 2017) (The Hague, Netherlands); The George Washington University Law School (2016–2017) (Washington D.C., USA); The National Research University “Higher School of Economics” (2012–2016) (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation). In June-August 2015, completed an internship at the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (The Hague, Netherlands). In November–December 2017 and May–July 2018, he was a legal trainee at the law firm “Borenius” (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation). In January–March 2018, participated in the internship programme at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Hamburg, Germany). In 2018–2022 — Expert / Senior Expert on Public International Law at the International and Comparative Law Research Center. Since July 2022 — Research Fellow (ASEAN, Law of the Sea) at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law (Heidelberg, Germany).
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Graduated from St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State University with a degree in International Economic Law. She worked in Moscow-based international law firms advising clients on international law matters. In 2016, she started working at the International and Comparative Law Research Center, where she held the position of Assistant General Director. In November 2018, she was appointed to the position of General Director of the International and Comparative Law Research Center. From April 2021 to August 2024 — Deputy General Director of the International and Comparative Law Research Center. Regularly participates in the work of the Working Groups of the UN Commission on International Trade Law as a representative of the Center which has an observer status. She speaks at Russian and international events on the topics of the Center's work (international law, trade law and investment, sustainable development, etc.).
Since Augst 2024
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In 2008 graduated from St. Petersburg State University (bachelor’s degree).
In 2010 received The Master’s degree in St. Petersburg State University (Civil, Family, International Private Law).
Since 2008 till 2020 she worked in the Presidential Domestic Policy Directorate of the Presidential Executive Office.
Since 2013 to present — Senior Lecturer of the Department of Civil Law and Procedure of the Higher School of Economics Saint Petersburg School of Law.
Since July 2020, she started working in the International and Comparative Law Research Center. Olga coordinates the private law analysis of drafts of legal acts and international instruments developed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law. She prticipates in events on the topics of the Center's work (private international law, contract law, digitalization of trade, experimental legal regulation, etc.).