Regulating the Global Antimicrobial Commons: Climate Agreements and Beyond

Cullet, Philippe

Abstract

A treaty to regulate the global antimicrobial commons can be appropriately framed around the model provided by multilateral environmental agreements. At the same time, it is not clear that a comprehensive treaty is the only possible entry point and other options, such as an agreement on technology transfer or funding may be apt starting points. Any legal instrument adopted to regulate the global antimicrobial commons needs to reflect the global South-North dichotomy and integrate the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. Further, it would need to go beyond environmental instruments that have been structured around the sovereign interests of negotiating states even when dealing with issues of global concern, such as climate change. The proposed legal instrument would also need to be based not just on the precautionary principle as a marker of the necessity to address the negative environmental and health impacts, but also be based on the interests of patients and integrate concerns raised in terms of the human right to health.

Citation

Cullet, P. (2023). Regulating the Global Antimicrobial Commons: Climate Agreements and Beyond. Health Care Analysis: An International Journal of Health, Philosophy and Policy, 31(1), 47-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-023-00454-y

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 2, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Feb 9, 2023
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2023
• Deposit Date: Feb 6, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 13, 2023
• Print ISSN: 1065-3058
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-3394
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 47-52
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-023-00454-y
• Keywords: International law, Environment, AMR, Climate change, Equity, Precautionary principle, Common but differentiated responsibilities
• Publisher URL: https://rdcu.be/c5iwF
• Related Public URLs: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10728-023-00454-y
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Springer Nature published a correction regarding the title at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-023-00454-y