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               for  all  WHO  Member                  and  maintain  infrastructure
               States      that     do     not        to  monitor  the  reporting

               affirmatively  opt  out  of            and     announcing       public
               them  within  a  specified             health crises.

               time  period.  (IHR,  2005:               In  general,  it  should  be
               Foreword)                              said  that  countries  have
                  So,  this  Constitution,            resorted to various ways to
               includes health commitments,           deal with the corona crisis,

               the  violation  of  which              which does  not necessarily
               could  give  Governments               fall within the scope of the
               international liability. Paragraph     state  of  emergency.  For

               3  of  Article  3  of  these           example, Germany has used
               regulations  (IHR,  2005)              Infection Protection Act (2001)
               states  the  implementation            to  control  the  Corona

               of  these  Regulations  shall          pandemic,       despite      the
               be  guided  by  the  goal  of          existence  of  both  a  “State
               universal  application  for            of  Tension”  in  Article  80,

               the protection of all people           and a “State of Defense” in
               of  the  world  from  the              Article     115.      (German
               international     spread      of       Constitution, 1949)
               disease.  In  addition,  in

               accordance  with  Article  5           Types of Social Responsibility
               of      these      regulations,        of the Governance System
               Governments         have       a       According  to  lawyers,  a

               responsibility  to  develop            wide  range  of  tasks  and
                                                      liabilities should be considered
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